| 1 | 1 | | 81R8943 YDB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Chisum H.B. No. 4162 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney of Swisher |
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| 8 | 8 | | County and the election and duties of the district attorney for the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 64th Judicial District. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 43.134(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The voters of Hale County [and Swisher counties] elect a |
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| 14 | 14 | | district attorney for the 64th Judicial District who represents the |
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| 15 | 15 | | state in that district court only in Hale County [those counties]. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 45.319 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 45.319. SWISHER COUNTY. The county attorney in |
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| 19 | 19 | | Swisher County shall represent the state in all matters pending |
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| 20 | 20 | | before the district court in Swisher County. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 3. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 22 | 22 | | read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter |
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| 24 | 24 | | applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors, |
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| 25 | 25 | | and the following state prosecutors: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg |
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| 27 | 27 | | Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, |
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| 29 | 29 | | 39th, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 123rd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 271st, 286th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, and 506th judicial |
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| 35 | 35 | | districts; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties |
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| 37 | 37 | | of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, |
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| 39 | 39 | | Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, |
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| 40 | 40 | | Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, |
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| 41 | 41 | | Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, |
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| 43 | 43 | | Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) the county attorneys performing the duties of |
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| 45 | 45 | | district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron, |
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| 46 | 46 | | Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Lamar, Lamb, |
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| 47 | 47 | | Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, |
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| 48 | 48 | | Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, |
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| 49 | 49 | | and Willacy. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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