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 case of a vacancy in certain 
counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Amend Art. 2.07, Code of Criminal Procedure by 
adding subsection (a-1) to read:
	(a-1)  In any instance where there is no district attorney 
due to a vacancy in the office in a county that has a population of 
less than 14,000 and borders the county in which the Prison 
Prosecution Unit is located, an attorney in the Prison Prosecution 
Unit shall perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is 
filled by appointment by the governor or by the voters at the next 
general election if the governor does not appoint an attorney 
before the election.  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.