Nichols Bill Gives Sabine County Its Own District Attorney

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89R5982 AMF-D

By: Nichols
S.B. No. 997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 1st Judicial

District and the creation of the office of district attorney for the

273rd Judicial District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 43.101, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 43.101. 1ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of [ Sabine

and ] San Augustine County [ counties ] elect a district attorney for

the 1st Judicial District who represents the state in the [ that ]

district courts in that county [ court only in those counties ].

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 43.1742 to read as follows:

Sec. 43.1742. 273RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of

Sabine County elect a district attorney for the 273rd Judicial

District who represents the state in the district courts in that

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, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th,

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, 79th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th,

97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th,

123rd, 132nd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th,

198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th,

268th, 271st, 273rd, 286th, 287th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th,

369th, 452nd, 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, Kendall, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison,

Medina, 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, Aransas, Burleson,

Callahan, Cameron, Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls,

Freestone, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca,

Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange,

Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and

Willacy.

SECTION 4. (a) The office of district attorney for the

273rd Judicial District is created on the effective date of this

Act.

(b) The office of district attorney for the 273rd Judicial

District exists for purposes of the primary and general elections

in 2028.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2029.