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| 1 | 1 | By: Nelson, et al. S.B. No. 130 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Lewis) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to representation by prosecuting attorneys in proceedings | |
| 8 | 8 | for protective orders against family violence and in certain other | |
| 9 | 9 | actions. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 81.0075, Family Code, is amended to read | |
| 12 | 12 | as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 81.0075. REPRESENTATION BY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN | |
| 14 | 14 | CERTAIN OTHER [SUBSEQUENT] ACTIONS. Subject to the Texas | |
| 15 | 15 | Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, a [A] prosecuting | |
| 16 | 16 | attorney [who represents a party in a proceeding under this | |
| 17 | 17 | subtitle] is not precluded from representing a party in a | |
| 18 | 18 | proceeding under this subtitle and the Department of Family and | |
| 19 | 19 | Protective Services in another [a subsequent] action involving the | |
| 20 | 20 | party, regardless of whether the proceeding under this subtitle | |
| 21 | 21 | occurs before, concurrently with, or after the other action | |
| 22 | 22 | involving the party. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |