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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of an additional judicial district |
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composed of Maverick County, the creation of the office of district |
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attorney for that judicial district, and the duties of the district |
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attorney for the 293rd Judicial District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 24.60023 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 24.60023. 479TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MAVERICK COUNTY). |
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The 479th Judicial District is composed of Maverick County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.177, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.177. 293RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of |
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Dimmit and Zavala Counties [the 293rd Judicial District] elect a |
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district attorney who represents the state in [all] cases before |
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that district court only in those counties. |
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(b) The commissioners court of Dimmit or Zavala County [one |
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or more of the counties comprising the district] may supplement the |
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state salary of the district attorney. The commissioners court of |
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each county may set the amount of supplemental compensation paid by |
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that county. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 43.185 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.185. 479TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the |
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479th Judicial District elect a district attorney who represents |
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the state in all matters in the district courts having jurisdiction |
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in Maverick County. |
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SECTION 4. The 479th Judicial District and the office of |
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district attorney for the 479th Judicial District are created on |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |