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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to duties of prosecutors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 2.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.08 DISQUALIFIED |
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(a) District and county attorneys shall not be of counsel |
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adversely to the State in any case, in any court, nor shall they, |
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after they cease to be such officers, be of counsel adversely to the |
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State in any case in which they have been of counsel for the State. |
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District and county attorneys shall be disqualified from |
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representing the State when a peace officer as defined by Article |
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2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is the subject of a felony |
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criminal investigation involving alleged criminal conduct while |
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acting in his or her official capacity in a particular district and |
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whose agency submits cases for prosecution in that district. |
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Section 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |