By: West (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 2288
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 2007;
  April 11, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Jurisprudence; May 3, 2007, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
  the district attorney for the 109th 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, 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, 109th, 110th, 112th, 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, 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 2.  Effective January 1, 2009, 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, 109th, 110th, 112th, 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 3.  Section 43.150, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 43.150.  109TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.  [(a)] The voters of
  Crane and Winkler counties elect a district attorney for the 109th
  Judicial District who represents the state in that district court
  only in those counties.
         [(b)     The commissioners courts of the counties comprising
  the district may supplement the state salary of the district
  attorney in an amount not to exceed $2,000 a year. Each
  commissioners court shall pay a proportionate share of the
  supplemental salary according to the population of the county.]
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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