{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 273.022","heading":"COOPERATION WITH LOCAL PROSECUTOR.","body":"The attorney general may direct the county or district attorney serving the county in which the offense is to be prosecuted to prosecute a criminal offense that the attorney general is authorized to prosecute under Section 273.021 or to assist the attorney general in the prosecution.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 19 (S.B. 12), Sec. 3, eff. December 4, 2025.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 273. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROSECUTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.273.htm#273.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"87e884bc5f342f0fec5c73372190ef827ef1eb4be7d320b3be2b8d887012447d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}