Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1941 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2023

                    88R9050 MPF-D
 By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1941


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to legal representation of certain hospital districts in
 civil proceedings.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 281.056(b-1), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b-1)  The county attorney, district attorney, or criminal
 district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the
 county in civil matters shall, in all legal matters, represent a
 district located in:
 (1)  a county with a population of 800,000 or more that
 borders the United Mexican States; or
 (2)  a county with a population of 3.4 million or more[;
 or
 [(3)  a county with a population of more than 800,000
 that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district
 before September 1, 2003].
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.