By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 1932


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the performance of the duties of a district attorney by 
the prison prosecution unit in Trinity County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.171, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  An attorney who is employed by the prison prosecution 
unit shall perform the duties of the district attorney if there is a 
vacancy in the office of district attorney serving the county.  The 
attorney who is employed by the prison prosecution unit shall 
perform the duties of district attorney only until the vacancy in 
the county's office of district attorney is filled by the governor 
or a district attorney is elected by the voters of the district.  
This subsection expires February 1, 2005.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
	Amend S.B. No. 1932, in SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed 
Section 43.171(c), Government Code (page 1, line 14), before "This 
subsection expires February 1, 2005." by inserting "The duties 
under this subsection are in addition to the duties of the prison 
prosecution unit and the attorney employed by the prison 
prosecution unit.  The prison prosecution unit and the attorney 
employed by the prison prosecution unit are not entitled to 
additional compensation or reimbursement."

                                                                       Telford