| 89R5982 AMF-D | ||
| By: Ashby | H.B. No. 3409 | |
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| relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 1st Judicial | ||
| District and the creation of the office of district attorney for the | ||
| 273rd Judicial District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.101, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.101. 1ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of [ |
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| the 1st Judicial District who represents the state in the [ |
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| district courts in that county [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 43.1742 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.1742. 273RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of | ||
| Sabine County elect a district attorney for the 273rd Judicial | ||
| District who represents the state in the district courts in that | ||
| county. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter | ||
| applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors, | ||
| and the following state prosecutors: | ||
| (1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg | ||
| Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, | ||
| 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th, | ||
| 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th, | ||
| 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 79th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, | ||
| 97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th, | ||
| 123rd, 132nd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, | ||
| 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, | ||
| 268th, 271st, 273rd, 286th, 287th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, | ||
| 369th, 452nd, and 506th judicial districts; | ||
| (2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties | ||
| of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, | ||
| Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, | ||
| Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, | ||
| Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, | ||
| Medina, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San | ||
| Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, | ||
| Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and | ||
| (3) the county attorneys performing the duties of | ||
| district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Aransas, Burleson, | ||
| Callahan, Cameron, Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, | ||
| Freestone, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, | ||
| Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, | ||
| Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and | ||
| Willacy. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) The office of district attorney for the | ||
| 273rd Judicial District is created on the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) The office of district attorney for the 273rd Judicial | ||
| District exists for purposes of the primary and general elections | ||
| in 2028. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2029. | ||