87R13879 TSS-D
 
  By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 4280
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of an additional judicial district
  composed of Maverick County, the creation of the office of district
  attorney for that judicial district, and the duties of the district
  attorney for the 293rd Judicial District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 24.60023 to read as follows:
         Sec. 24.60023.  479TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MAVERICK COUNTY).
  The 479th Judicial District is composed of Maverick County.
         SECTION 2.  Section 43.177, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 43.177.  293RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of
  Dimmit and Zavala Counties [the 293rd Judicial District] elect a
  district attorney who represents the state in [all] cases before
  that district court only in those counties.
         (b)  The commissioners court of Dimmit or Zavala County [one
  or more of the counties comprising the district] may supplement the
  state salary of the district attorney. The commissioners court of
  each county may set the amount of supplemental compensation paid by
  that county.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 43.185 to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.185.  479TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the
  479th Judicial District elect a district attorney who represents
  the state in all matters in the district courts having jurisdiction
  in Maverick County.
         SECTION 4.  The 479th Judicial District and the office of
  district attorney for the 479th Judicial District are created on
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.