{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-41.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 41.010","heading":"APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL DISTRICT OR CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.","body":"If a new office of district attorney or criminal district attorney is created, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the office until the next general election.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE C. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 41. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. OFFICE OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.41.htm#41.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"38588a4c92c7666d926d85e48164111d7736c555c9b59effc75dd8d26055d407","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-41.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-41.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}