By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 838
	(In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2003; March 10, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 10, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 10, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county 
attorney in Wharton County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 43.1775, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  At the request of the county attorney, the [The] 
district attorney may assist the county attorney in the prosecution 
of juvenile cases [represents the state in proceedings] under Title 
3, Family Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 45.341, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  The county attorney represents the state in proceedings 
under Title 3, Family Code.
	(e)  The county attorney represents the Wharton County 
Drainage District.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act regarding 
proceedings under Title 3, Family Code, applies only to a 
proceeding commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was 
commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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