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