87R10851 MWC-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 3649
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report by the attorney general regarding certain
contracts for outside counsel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 402.0214 to read as follows:
Sec. 402.0214. REPORT ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR OUTSIDE
COUNSEL. The attorney general shall provide a written report to the
legislature, comptroller, and governor on each contract between the
attorney general and another attorney, other than a full-time
employee of the office of the attorney general, for legal services
for which a request for approval to the attorney general was not
made under Section 402.0212. The report must explain the reasons
for entering into the contract.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.