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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Bastrop |
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County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 24.567 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.567. 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BASTROP COUNTY). The |
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423rd Judicial District is composed of Bastrop County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 44.111(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The criminal district attorney of Bastrop County shall |
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attend each term and session of the district courts [court] in |
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Bastrop County and each term and session of the inferior courts of |
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the county held for the transaction of criminal business. He shall |
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exclusively represent the state in all criminal matters before |
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those courts and any other court in which Bastrop County has pending |
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business. |
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SECTION 3. The 423rd Judicial District is created September |
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1, 2008. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |