Amend CSSB 1610 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 41.302, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41.302. GENERAL FUNCTION OF SPECIAL PROSECUTION UNIT. The special prosecution unit is an independent unit that:
(1) cooperates with and supports prosecuting attorneys in prosecuting offenses and delinquent conduct described by Article 104.003(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) prosecutes offenses described by Section 41.311.
SECTION ___. Subchapter E, Chapter 41, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 41.311 to read as follows:
Sec. 41.311. PROSECUTION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. A prosecuting attorney serving on the unit has the same authority to represent this state in the prosecution of a criminal offense committed by a person civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, including an offense under Section 841.085, Health and Safety Code, as is conferred on a county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney of a court with jurisdiction of the offense.