78R11152 KLA-D


By:  Chisum                                                       H.B. No. 3572



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney in Swisher 
County and the duties of the district attorney for the 64th Judicial 
District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.134(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The voters of Hale County [and Swisher counties] elect a 
district attorney for the 64th Judicial District who represents the 
state in that district court only in Hale County [those counties].
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 45.319 to read as follows:
	Sec. 45.319.  SWISHER COUNTY.  (a)  The county attorney in 
Swisher County shall represent the state in all matters pending 
before the district court in Swisher County.
	(b)  The county attorney in Swisher County is entitled to be 
compensated by the state in the manner provided by general law 
relating to the salary paid to district attorneys by the state.  
Swisher County shall pay $28,000 of the county attorney's salary, 
and the state shall pay the remainder of the salary.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.