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