84R7791 LED-F
By: Zaffirini, Campbell S.B. No. 1667
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of, and the application of the
professional prosecutors law to, the county attorney of Guadalupe
County and to abolishing the office of district attorney of the 25th
Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 45.194 to read as follows:
Sec. 45.194. GUADALUPE COUNTY. (a) In Guadalupe County the
county attorney of Guadalupe County shall perform the duties
imposed on and have the powers conferred on district attorneys by
general law and is entitled to be compensated by the state in the
manner and amount set by general law relating to the salary paid to
district attorneys by the state.
(b) The county attorney of Guadalupe County or the
Commissioners Court of Guadalupe County may accept gifts or grants
from any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, foundation,
association, or governmental entity for the purpose of financing or
assisting the operation of the office of county attorney in
Guadalupe County. The county attorney shall account for and report
to the commissioners court all gifts or grants accepted under this
subsection.
SECTION 2. 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, [25th,]
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, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th,
216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th,
271st, 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, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, 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, 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 3. Section 43.112, Government Code, as amended by
Chapters 644 (H.B. 717) and 872 (H.B. 696), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is repealed.
SECTION 4. On January 1, 2017, the office of district
attorney for the 25th Judicial District is abolished.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2017.