Bill Text: TX SB1928 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to represent county officials in certain cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Local Government [SB1928 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1928-Introduced.html
| 2023S0269-1 03/08/23 | ||
| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1928 | |
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| relating to the authority of the attorney general to represent | ||
| county officials in certain cases. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 157.9015, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) If a district or county attorney declines to represent a | ||
| county official or employee under Subsection (c), the county | ||
| official or employee may request the representation of the attorney | ||
| general, and the attorney general may offer representation to the | ||
| county official or employee. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
