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| 1 | 1 | 89R3185 TSS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton S.B. No. 474 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to revocation of a prosecuting attorney's license to | |
| 10 | 10 | practice law in this state on a court's finding the attorney | |
| 11 | 11 | committed certain official misconduct. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 87.018, Local Government Code, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (i) In addition to implementing other action authorized by | |
| 16 | 16 | this subchapter and on a finding that a prosecuting attorney | |
| 17 | 17 | accused of committing official misconduct under Section | |
| 18 | 18 | 87.011(3)(B) or (C) adopted or enforced a policy described by | |
| 19 | 19 | Section 87.011(3)(B) or permitted an attorney employed by or | |
| 20 | 20 | otherwise under the direction or control of the prosecuting | |
| 21 | 21 | attorney to act as described by Section 87.011(3)(C), the court | |
| 22 | 22 | shall revoke the prosecuting attorney's license to practice law in | |
| 23 | 23 | this state. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 25 | 25 | a proceeding to remove a prosecuting attorney from office commenced | |
| 26 | 26 | on or after the effective date of this Act. A proceeding to remove a | |
| 27 | 27 | prosecuting attorney from office commenced before the effective | |
| 28 | 28 | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before | |
| 29 | 29 | the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect | |
| 30 | 30 | for that purpose. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |