By: Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 2569
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005;
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 19, 2005, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the office of district attorney for the 253rd Judicial
District and to the creation of the office of district attorney for
the 344th Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.170, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 43.170. 253RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of
Liberty County [the 253rd Judicial District] elect a district
attorney for the 253rd Judicial District who represents the state
in that district only in that county and in all cases before the
75th District Court[, 253rd, and 344th district courts].
(b) The Commissioners Court [commissioners court] of
Liberty County [one or more of the counties comprising the
district] may supplement the state salary of the district attorney.
[The supplemental compensation may not exceed $5,000 a year. The
Commissioners Court of Chambers County shall pay 40 percent of any
supplemental compensation, and the Commissioners Court of Liberty
County shall pay 60 percent. The supplemental compensation must be
paid from the officers' salary fund of the county. If the officers'
salary fund of a county is not adequate, the commissioners court may
transfer the necessary amount from the general fund of the county.]
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 43.1777 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.1777. 344TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of
the 344th Judicial District elect a district attorney who
represents the state in cases before the district courts of
Chambers County.
(b) The Commissioners Court of Chambers County may
supplement the state salary of the district attorney. The
supplemental compensation may not exceed $5,000 a year.
SECTION 3. 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, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd,
34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 42nd, 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, 344th, 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, Grayson, 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, Lamar,
Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree,
Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, Webb, and
Willacy.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2009.
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