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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. Effective January 1, 2009, Subchapter C, Chapter |
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24, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 24.567 to read as |
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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. (a) For purposes of Section 201.027, Election |
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Code, the effective date of this Act is January 1, 2009. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 24.311, Government Code, the |
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initial vacancy in the office of judge of the 423rd Judicial |
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District shall be filled by election. The office exists for |
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purposes of the primary and general election in 2008. A vacancy |
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after the initial vacancy is filled as provided by Section 28, |
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Article V, Texas Constitution. |
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SECTION 4. The 423rd Judicial District is created January |
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1, 2009. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |