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| 1 | 1 | 87R10851 MWC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 3649 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a report by the attorney general regarding certain | |
| 8 | 8 | contracts for outside counsel. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 402.0214 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 402.0214. REPORT ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR OUTSIDE | |
| 13 | 13 | COUNSEL. The attorney general shall provide a written report to the | |
| 14 | 14 | legislature, comptroller, and governor on each contract between the | |
| 15 | 15 | attorney general and another attorney, other than a full-time | |
| 16 | 16 | employee of the office of the attorney general, for legal services | |
| 17 | 17 | for which a request for approval to the attorney general was not | |
| 18 | 18 | made under Section 402.0212. The report must explain the reasons | |
| 19 | 19 | for entering into the contract. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |