HB 917

AN ACT relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel

Bill Text

relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Article 2A.105(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
(b)  A district or county attorney may not:
(1)  be of counsel adversely to the state in any case in
any court except as an attorney ad litem appointed under Chapter
(2)  after the attorney ceases to be a district or
county attorney, be of counsel adversely to the state in any case in
which the attorney has been of counsel for the state.
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the prosecution of an offense committed on or after the effective
date of this Act.  The prosecution of an offense committed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section, an
offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any
element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

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