| 1 | 1 | | 84R7791 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini, Campbell S.B. No. 1667 |
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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 powers and duties of, and the application of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | professional prosecutors law to, the county attorney of Guadalupe |
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| 9 | 9 | | County and to abolishing the office of district attorney of the 25th |
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| 10 | 10 | | Judicial District. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 45.194 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 45.194. GUADALUPE COUNTY. (a) In Guadalupe County the |
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| 15 | 15 | | county attorney of Guadalupe County shall perform the duties |
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| 16 | 16 | | imposed on and have the powers conferred on district attorneys by |
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| 17 | 17 | | general law and is entitled to be compensated by the state in the |
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| 18 | 18 | | manner and amount set by general law relating to the salary paid to |
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| 19 | 19 | | district attorneys by the state. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The county attorney of Guadalupe County or the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Commissioners Court of Guadalupe County may accept gifts or grants |
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| 22 | 22 | | from any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, foundation, |
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| 23 | 23 | | association, or governmental entity for the purpose of financing or |
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| 24 | 24 | | assisting the operation of the office of county attorney in |
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| 25 | 25 | | Guadalupe County. The county attorney shall account for and report |
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| 26 | 26 | | to the commissioners court all gifts or grants accepted under this |
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| 27 | 27 | | subsection. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 29 | 29 | | read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter |
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| 31 | 31 | | applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors, |
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| 32 | 32 | | and the following state prosecutors: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg |
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| 34 | 34 | | Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, [25th,] |
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| 35 | 35 | | 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 79th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 123rd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 271st, 286th, 287th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, 369th, 452nd, and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 506th judicial districts; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties |
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| 44 | 44 | | of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, |
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| 45 | 45 | | Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, |
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| 46 | 46 | | Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, |
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| 47 | 47 | | Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, |
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| 48 | 48 | | Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, |
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| 49 | 49 | | Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, |
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| 50 | 50 | | Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | (3) the county attorneys performing the duties of |
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| 52 | 52 | | district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron, |
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| 53 | 53 | | Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Gonzales, |
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| 54 | 54 | | Guadalupe, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Limestone, Marion, |
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| 55 | 55 | | Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Rains, Red River, |
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| 56 | 56 | | Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and Willacy. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 3. Section 43.112, Government Code, as amended by |
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| 58 | 58 | | Chapters 644 (H.B. 717) and 872 (H.B. 696), Acts of the 83rd |
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| 59 | 59 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is repealed. |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 4. On January 1, 2017, the office of district |
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| 61 | 61 | | attorney for the 25th Judicial District is abolished. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2017. |
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