Amend CSHB 4833 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Subsection (a), Section 43.134,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The voters of Hale County [and Swisher counties] elect a
district attorney for the 64th Judicial District who represents the
state in that district court only in Hale County [those counties].
(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 45.319 to read as follows:
Sec. 45.319. SWISHER COUNTY. The county attorney in
Swisher County shall represent the state in all matters pending
before the district court in Swisher County.
(c) Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter
applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors,
and the following state prosecutors:
(1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg
Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd,
25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th,
39th, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd,
64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th,
97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th,
123rd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th,
216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th,
271st, 286th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, and 506th judicial
districts;
(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties
of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo,
Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro,
Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith,
Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker,
Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and
(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of
district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Lamar, Lamb,
Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree,
Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb,
and Willacy.
(d) This section does not make an appropriation. A
provision in this section that creates a new governmental program,
creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governemntal
entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the
legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the
provision.