Bill Text: TX HJR106 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment giving the attorney general exclusive authority to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HJR106-Introduced.html
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| By: Christian | H.J.R. No. 106 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment giving the attorney general | ||
| exclusive authority to prosecute offenses against public | ||
| administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving | ||
| insurance fraud. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 22a to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 22a. As provided by general law, only the attorney | ||
| general may represent the state in the district and inferior courts | ||
| in the prosecution of criminal and civil offenses classified by law | ||
| as offenses against public administration, including ethics | ||
| offenses, or as offenses involving insurance fraud. | ||
| SECTION 2. The constitutional amendment proposed by this | ||
| resolution shall be submitted to the voters at the general election | ||
| to be held November 8, 2011. The ballot shall be printed to provide | ||
| for voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional | ||
| amendment giving the attorney general exclusive authority to | ||
| prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics | ||
| offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud." | ||
