S.B.�No.�1166
AN ACT
relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney of Swisher
County and the election and duties of the district attorney for the
64th Judicial District.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�������SECTION�1.��Subsection (a), Section 43.134, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
�������(a)��The voters of Hale County [and Swisher counties] elect a
district attorney for the 64th Judicial District who represents the
state in that district court only in Hale County [those counties].
�������SECTION�2.��Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 45.319 to read as follows:
�������Sec.45.319.SWISHER COUNTY. The county attorney in
Swisher County shall represent the state in all matters pending
before the district court in Swisher 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, 12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd,
25th, 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, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th,
97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th,
123rd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th,
216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th,
271st, 286th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, 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, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, 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, Callahan, Cameron,
Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Lamar, Lamb,
Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree,
Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb,
and Willacy.
�������SECTION�4.��This Act does not make an appropriation. �A
provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program,
creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governemntal
entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the
legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the
provision.
�������SECTION�5.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1166 passed the Senate on
April�23,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�30, Nays�0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1166 passed the House on
May�27,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�148, Nays�0, one
present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
Approved:
______________________________�
������������Date
______________________________�
����������Governor