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| 1 | 1 | 85R304 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burrows H.B. No. 1739 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the attorney general to | |
| 8 | 8 | prosecute the offense of barratry and solicitation of professional | |
| 9 | 9 | employment. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 38.12, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 12 | 12 | Subsection (j) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (j) The attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with | |
| 14 | 14 | the appropriate local county or district attorney to prosecute an | |
| 15 | 15 | offense under this section. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the | |
| 17 | 17 | prosecution of an offense committed on or after the effective date | |
| 18 | 18 | of this Act. The prosecution of an offense committed before the | |
| 19 | 19 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 20 | 20 | date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in | |
| 21 | 21 | effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense | |
| 22 | 22 | is committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of | |
| 23 | 23 | the offense occurs before the effective date. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |