89R5982 AMF-D
By: Nichols S.B. No. 997
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 1st Judicial
District and the creation of the office of district attorney for the
273rd Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.101, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 43.101. 1ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of [Sabine
and] San Augustine County [counties] elect a district attorney for
the 1st Judicial District who represents the state in the [that]
district courts in that county [court only in those counties].
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 43.1742 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.1742. 273RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of
Sabine County elect a district attorney for the 273rd Judicial
District who represents the state in the district courts in that
county.
SECTION 3. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter
applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors,
and the following state prosecutors:
(1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg
Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th,
26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th,
42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th,
66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 79th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th,
97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th,
123rd, 132nd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th,
198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th,
268th, 271st, 273rd, 286th, 287th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th,
369th, 452nd, and 506th judicial districts;
(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties
of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo,
Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison,
Medina, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San
Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt,
Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and
(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of
district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Aransas, Burleson,
Callahan, Cameron, Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls,
Freestone, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca,
Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange,
Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and
Willacy.
SECTION 4. (a) The office of district attorney for the
273rd Judicial District is created on the effective date of this
Act.
(b) The office of district attorney for the 273rd Judicial
District exists for purposes of the primary and general elections
in 2028.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2029.