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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the 12th and 369th Judicial |
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Districts, the redesignation of the district attorney for the 12th |
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Judicial District as the district attorney for the 369th Judicial |
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District, and the composition of the Leon County juvenile board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24.113, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.113. 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES, [LEON,] |
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MADISON, AND WALKER COUNTIES). [(a)] The 12th Judicial District is |
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composed of Grimes, [Leon,] Madison, and Walker counties. |
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[(b)
The terms of the 12th District Court in each county of
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the district begin on the first Mondays in January and July.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 24.514, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.514. 369TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ANDERSON, [AND] |
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CHEROKEE, AND LEON COUNTIES). The 369th Judicial District is |
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composed of Anderson, [and] Cherokee, and Leon counties. |
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SECTION 3. Section 43.106, Government Code, is redesignated |
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as Section 43.1815, Government Code, and amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 43.1815 [43.106]. 369TH [12TH] JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) |
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The voters of Leon County elect a district attorney for the 369th |
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[12th] Judicial District who represents the state in that district |
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court only in Leon County. |
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(b) The district attorney of the 369th [12th] Judicial |
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District also represents the state in all criminal and civil |
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actions in which the state is interested that arise in the 87th |
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Judicial District in Leon County. |
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(c) The district attorney may, with the consent of the |
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Commissioners Court of Leon County, appoint a deputy district |
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attorney. |
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(d) The Commissioners Court of Leon County shall pay the |
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salary and traveling expenses of the deputy district attorney from |
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the officers' salary fund. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly |
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installments and expense claims shall be paid at the end of each |
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month. The salary is subject to participation fully in the Texas |
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County and District Retirement System. |
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SECTION 4. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter |
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applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors, |
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and the following state prosecutors: |
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(1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg |
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Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, [12th,] 18th, 21st, 23rd, |
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25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, |
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39th, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, |
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64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, |
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97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th, |
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123rd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, |
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216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th, |
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271st, 286th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, 369th, and 506th judicial |
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districts; |
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(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties |
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of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, |
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Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, |
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Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, |
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Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, |
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Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, |
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Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, |
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Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and |
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(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of |
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district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron, |
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Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Lamar, Lamb, |
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Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, |
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Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, |
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and Willacy. |
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SECTION 5. Section 152.1511(a), Human Resources Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 531 (H.B. 956), 1152 (H.B. 3045), and 1352 (S.B. |
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1189), Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is |
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reenacted to read as follows: |
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(a) The juvenile board of Leon County is composed of the |
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county judge and the district judges in Leon County. |
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SECTION 6. (a) The local administrative district judge |
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shall transfer all cases from Leon County that are pending in the |
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12th District Court on September 1, 2013, to the 369th District |
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Court. |
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(b) When a case is transferred as provided by Subsection (a) |
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of this section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or |
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other obligations issued from the 12th District Court are |
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returnable to the 369th District Court as if originally issued by |
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that court. The obligees on all bonds and recognizances taken in |
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and for the 12th District Court and all witnesses summoned to appear |
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in the 12th District Court are required to appear before the 369th |
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District Court as if originally required to appear before that |
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court. |
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SECTION 7. The person serving as district attorney for the |
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12th Judicial District on September 1, 2013, unless otherwise |
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removed from office, continues to serve in that office as |
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redesignated as the district attorney for the 369th Judicial |
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District for the term to which elected or appointed. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |