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By: Ogden |
S.B. No. 2037 |
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(In the Senate - Filed April 24, 2007; April 24, 2007, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 3, 2007, |
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reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the |
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following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 3, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2037 |
By: Williams |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the ability of the attorney general to offer assistance |
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to a prosecuting attorney. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 41.102, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A prosecuting attorney may request the assistance of the |
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attorney general, and the attorney general may offer to the |
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prosecuting attorney the assistance of his office, in the |
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prosecution of all manner of criminal cases or in performing any |
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duty imposed by law on the prosecuting attorney. In requesting or |
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accepting such assistance, a prosecuting attorney may appoint any |
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assistant attorney general as an assistant prosecuting attorney. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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