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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report by the attorney general regarding certain |
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contracts for outside counsel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 402.0214 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 402.0214. REPORT ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR OUTSIDE |
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COUNSEL. The attorney general shall provide a written report to the |
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legislature, comptroller, and governor on each contract between the |
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attorney general and another attorney, other than a full-time |
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employee of the office of the attorney general, for legal services |
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for which a request for approval to the attorney general was not |
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made under Section 402.0212. The report must explain the reasons |
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for entering into the contract. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |