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AN ACT
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relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney of Swisher |
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County and the election and duties of the district attorney for the |
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64th Judicial District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 43.134, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The voters of Hale County [and Swisher counties] elect a |
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district attorney for the 64th Judicial District who represents the |
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state in that district court only in Hale County [those counties]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 45.319 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 45.319. SWISHER COUNTY. The county attorney in |
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Swisher County shall represent the state in all matters pending |
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before the district court in Swisher County. |
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SECTION 3. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter |
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applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors, |
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and the following state prosecutors: |
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(1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg |
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Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, |
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25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, |
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39th, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, |
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64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, |
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97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th, |
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123rd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, |
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216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th, |
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271st, 286th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, and 506th judicial |
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districts; |
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(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties |
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of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, |
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Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, |
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Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, |
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Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, |
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Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, |
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Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, |
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Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and |
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(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of |
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district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron, |
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Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Lamar, Lamb, |
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Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, |
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Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, |
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and Willacy. |
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SECTION 4. This Act does not make an appropriation. A |
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provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program, |
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creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governemntal |
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entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the |
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legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the |
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provision. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1166 passed the Senate on |
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April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1166 passed the House on |
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May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |