{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-43.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 43.003","heading":"FAILURE TO ATTEND COURT.","body":"(a) If a district attorney fails to attend any term of the district court of a county in the district, the district clerk shall certify that failure to the comptroller of public accounts. Unless a satisfactory reason for the failure is shown to the comptroller, the district attorney may not receive salary for the time the district attorney failed to attend.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a district attorney who complies with Section 41.015.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 425 (S.B. 910), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE C. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 43. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.43.htm#43.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"3d9962eb8b78d8db7844263f9a7a3da4e1566fc7df670928d0e4cbc01e928685","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-43.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-43.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}