S.B. No. 1339
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority to request attorney general advice on
  questions relating to actions in which the state is interested.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 402.043, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 402.043.  QUESTIONS RELATING TO ACTIONS IN WHICH THE
  STATE IS INTERESTED. The attorney general shall advise an [a
  district or county] attorney [of this state], on the attorney's
  request, in the prosecution or defense of an action in which the
  state is interested before a district or inferior court if:
               (1)  the requesting attorney has investigated the
  question involved and submitted a brief to the attorney general;
  and
               (2)  the requesting attorney is:
                     (A)  a district or county attorney; or
                     (B)  a county employee who:
                           (i)  serves as the head of the civil legal
  department of a county located on the international border that has
  a population of less than 400,000 and contains one or more
  municipalities with a population of 200,000 or more; and
                           (ii)  has received approval for the
  submission of the request from the commissioners court of the
  county.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1339 passed the Senate on
  April 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1339 passed the House on
  May 8, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 2, one present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor