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By: Ogden S.B. No. 1932
(In the Senate - Filed April 29, 2003; April 30, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
May 9, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 9, 2003, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1932 By: Ellis
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.
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