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| 1 | 1 | By: Lucio S.B. No. 2088 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the indemification of certain county officials or | |
| 7 | 7 | employees for attorney's fees. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 157, Local Government | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended by adding Section 157.907 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 157.907. COUNTY LIABILITY FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) The commissioner's court of a county shall indemnify a person | |
| 13 | 13 | for reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defense of a criminal | |
| 14 | 14 | prosecution against the person if: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) the person is: | |
| 16 | 16 | (A) an elected official of the county; | |
| 17 | 17 | (B) an appointed official of the county; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (C) an employee of an elected or appointed | |
| 19 | 19 | official of the county; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the commissioner's court determines that the | |
| 21 | 21 | conduct for which the person is criminally prosecuted was an act or | |
| 22 | 22 | omission by the person in the course and scope of the person's | |
| 23 | 23 | office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on | |
| 24 | 24 | behalf of the county; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (3) the person is found not guilty after a trial or | |
| 26 | 26 | appeal, or the complaint, information, or indictment is dismissed | |
| 27 | 27 | without a plea of guilty or nolo contendere being entered. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |