| 1 | 1 | | 88R26646 MZM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4657 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4657: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Murr C.S.H.B. No. 4657 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the authority of the attorney general to represent |
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| 10 | 10 | | county officials in certain cases. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 157.9015, Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) This subsection applies only to a county with a |
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| 15 | 15 | | population of more than one million. If a district or county |
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| 16 | 16 | | attorney declines to represent a county official or employee in a |
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| 17 | 17 | | suit described by Subsection (c), the county official or employee |
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| 18 | 18 | | may request representation from the attorney general, and the |
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| 19 | 19 | | attorney general may offer to represent the county official or |
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| 20 | 20 | | employee. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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