{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-46.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 46.002","heading":"PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.","body":"Text of section effective until January 01, 2029\nThis chapter applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors, and the following state prosecutors:\n(1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th, 42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 79th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, 97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th, 123rd, 132nd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th, 268th, 271st, 286th, 287th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, 369th, 452nd, and 506th judicial districts;\n(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Medina, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and\n(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Aransas, Burleson, Callahan, Cameron, Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and Willacy.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.64(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1045, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1045, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 216, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 811, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1099, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 8, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 8. Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 8, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 565, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 762, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 819, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 100, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 457, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 704, Sec. 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 412, Sec. 3, eff. Sept 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 727, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 739, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 853, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1081, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1448, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 674, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 989, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1463, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1570, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 174, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 482, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 989, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 716, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 792, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 80 (S.B. 441), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 734 (H.B. 2569), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (H.B. 622), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (H.B. 622), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 150 (S.B. 497), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 150 (S.B. 497), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 277 (H.B. 421), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 318 (H.B. 2288), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 318 (H.B. 2288), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 554 (S.B. 1414), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 554 (S.B. 1414), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 1951), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 1951), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2008.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 1951), Sec. 18, eff. January 1, 2009.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (S.B. 1166), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 (H.B. 4833), Sec. 16(c), eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 425 (S.B. 479), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 717), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 872 (H.B. 696), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1059 (H.B. 3153), Sec. 1.07, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1317 (S.B. 268), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1182 (S.B. 1139), Sec. 2.02(e), eff. January 1, 2017.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1182 (S.B. 1139), Sec. 2.08(a), eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 6.05, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 6.06, eff. January 1, 2021.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE C. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 46. 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