By: Ogden S.B. No. 1923
(In the Senate - Filed April 25, 2003; April 28, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 9, 2003,
reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays
0; May 9, 2003, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Harris
Amend S.B. No. 1923 by striking SECTION 2 of the bill and
substituting, "SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2005.".
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 258th Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter
applies to all county prosecutors and to the following state
prosecutors:
(1) the district attorneys for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th,
12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th,
35th, 36th, 38th, 43rd, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd,
64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th,
97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd, 142nd,
145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th,
235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th, 271st, 278th, 286th,
329th, 349th, and 355th judicial districts;
(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties
of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
Galveston, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson,
Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, Newton, Panola,
Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor,
Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood,
and Yoakum; and
(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of
district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone,
Grayson, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam,
Morris, Ochiltree, Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk,
Terry, Webb, and Willacy.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2004, and
applies only to a person elected or appointed to the office of
district attorney for the 258th Judicial District on or after that
date.
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