2023S0269-1 03/08/23
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1928
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) If a district or county attorney declines to represent a
county official or employee under Subsection (c), the county
official or employee may request the representation of the attorney
general, and the attorney general may offer representation to 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.