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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to assistance by the attorney general in the prosecution |
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of certain offenses involving the unlawful appropriation or |
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misapplication of state property. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.03(j), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(j) With the consent of the appropriate local county or |
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district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent |
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jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an |
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offense under this section that involves the state Medicaid program |
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or the unlawful appropriation of state property. |
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SECTION 2. Section 32.45(e), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(e) With the consent of the appropriate local county or |
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district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent |
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jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an |
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offense under this section that involves the state Medicaid program |
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or the misapplication of state property. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |