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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to continuing legal education in ethics or professional |
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responsibility for prosecutors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.113, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Of the state bar's minimum continuing legal education |
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requirements on legal ethics or professional responsibility for a |
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reporting year, each county attorney or district attorney that |
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represents this state in criminal cases must complete at least one |
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hour on ethics related to the attorney's duties as a prosecutor, |
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including prosecutorial misconduct. |
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(e) A county attorney or district attorney must complete the |
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continuing legal education required under Subsection (d) not later |
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than the 180th day after the date the person initially assumes the |
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person's duties as county attorney or district attorney. |
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SECTION 2. A person serving as a county attorney or district |
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attorney on the effective date of this Act that is subject to |
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Section 81.113(d), Government Code, as added by this Act, must |
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comply with the continuing legal education requirements of that |
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section not later than March 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |