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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursements made to El Paso County by Culberson and |
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Hudspeth Counties for certain costs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.120, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (d) and (f) and adding Subsections (d-1) and |
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(d-2) to read as follows: |
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(d) The commissioners courts of Culberson and Hudspeth |
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counties shall each pay to El Paso County the budgeted prosecution |
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costs [$100 a month to be expended, on sworn claims of the district
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attorney approved by the Commissioners Court of El Paso County,] |
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for the preparation and conduct of criminal affairs of the district |
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attorney's office, including compensation for assistants and other |
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employees of the district attorney, applicable to their respective |
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county. Each year the district attorney's office shall: |
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(1) prepare a budget and financial statement for the |
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upcoming fiscal year; and |
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(2) file the budget and financial statement with the |
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commissioners courts of Hudspeth and Culberson counties. |
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(d-1) The budget and financial statement required by |
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Subsection (d) must contain: |
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(1) the budgeted prosecution costs for El Paso, |
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Culberson, and Hudspeth counties, with the costs for each county |
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listed separately; and |
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(2) any additional information considered appropriate |
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by the district attorney or required by the commissioners court of |
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El Paso, Culberson, or Hudspeth County. |
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(d-2) Hudspeth and Culberson counties shall remit |
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one-fourth of the budgeted prosecution costs applicable to the |
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respective county to El Paso County not later than the last day of |
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each fiscal quarter. |
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(f) El Paso County is responsible for managing the funds |
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expended by the district attorney for the preparation and conduct |
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of criminal affairs of the district attorney's office, including |
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funds to compensate assistants and other employees of the district |
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attorney. [The assistants and other employees of the district
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attorney are compensated by the Commissioners Court of El Paso
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County.] The Commissioners Court of El Paso County must approve the |
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number of assistants and other employees appointed by the district |
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attorney and the amount of compensation of those employees. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2007. |