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Amend CSHB 3153 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 43.1321 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.1321. JURISDICTION OF TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY. (a) The portion of the Travis County District Attorney, the District Attorney for the 53rd Judicial District, that relates to the investigation or prosecution of crimes related to public integrity, including the operation of any public integrity unit, is transferred to the office of the attorney general if a person serving as district attorney for the 53rd Judicial District is convicted of a criminal offense other than a Class C misdemeanor while in office, including an offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
(b) Jurisdiction over the investigation or prosecution of crimes, including the operation of any public integrity unit is returned to the Travis County District Attorney, the District Attorney for the 53rd Judicial District, when the person described by Subsection (a) leaves office.
(b) Section 43.1321, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a person serving as district attorney for the 53rd Judicial District on or after the effective date of this Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the effective date of this Act, this section takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for this section to have immediate effect, this section takes effect September 1, 2013.