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By: Lowe H.J.R. No. 162
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the attorney
general to prosecute a criminal offense committed by a peace
officer acting in the course and scope of the officer's official
duties.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22. (a) The Attorney General shall represent the State
in all suits and pleas in the Supreme Court of the State in which the
State may be a party, and shall especially inquire into the charter
rights of all private corporations, and from time to time, in the
name of the State, take such action in the courts as may be proper
and necessary to prevent any private corporation from exercising
any power or demanding or collecting any species of taxes, tolls,
freight or wharfage not authorized by law. The Attorney General
[He] shall, whenever sufficient cause exists, seek a judicial
forfeiture of such charters, unless otherwise expressly directed by
law, and give legal advice in writing to the Governor and other
executive officers, when requested by them, and perform such other
duties as may be required by law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
constitution, the Attorney General shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with each county or district attorney of this State to
represent this State in the prosecution of a criminal offense
committed by a peace officer acting in the course and scope of the
officer's official duties.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense committed by a
peace officer acting in the course and scope of the officer's
official duties."