Bill Text: TX SB950 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB950-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 950 | |
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| relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county | ||
| attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 402.024, Government Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 402.024. DEFENSE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY | ||
| ATTORNEY, OR GRAND JUROR. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 402.024, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The attorney general may defend a state district | ||
| attorney or a county attorney in an action in a federal court if: | ||
| (1) the district or county attorney is a defendant | ||
| because of the district or county attorney's office; | ||
| (2) the cause of action relates to the enforcement of a | ||
| state statute; and | ||
| (3) the district or county attorney requests the | ||
| attorney general's assistance in the defense. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 402.024, Government Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a court action filed in federal court on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. A court action filed | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect on the date the action was filed, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
