| 1 | 1 | | 2023S0269-1 03/08/23 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1928 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of the attorney general to represent |
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| 8 | 8 | | county officials in certain cases. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 157.9015, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) If a district or county attorney declines to represent a |
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| 13 | 13 | | county official or employee under Subsection (c), the county |
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| 14 | 14 | | official or employee may request the representation of the attorney |
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| 15 | 15 | | general, and the attorney general may offer representation to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | county official or employee. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 18 | 18 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 19 | 19 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | legislative session. |
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