89R3185 TSS-F
By: Middleton S.B. No. 474
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to revocation of a prosecuting attorney's license to
practice law in this state on a court's finding the attorney
committed certain official misconduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 87.018, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) In addition to implementing other action authorized by
this subchapter and on a finding that a prosecuting attorney
accused of committing official misconduct under Section
87.011(3)(B) or (C) adopted or enforced a policy described by
Section 87.011(3)(B) or permitted an attorney employed by or
otherwise under the direction or control of the prosecuting
attorney to act as described by Section 87.011(3)(C), the court
shall revoke the prosecuting attorney's license to practice law in
this state.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a proceeding to remove a prosecuting attorney from office commenced
on or after the effective date of this Act. A proceeding to remove a
prosecuting attorney from office commenced before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.