Texas Government Code
§ 43.120 — 34TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
GV § 43.120Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part C. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS · Ch. 43. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS · Art. B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC DISTRICTS
Statute text
View on source(a)The voters of Culberson, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties elect a district attorney for the 34th Judicial District.
(b)The district attorney for the 34th Judicial District also acts as district attorney for the 41st, 65th, 120th, and 171st judicial districts, the 394th Judicial District in Culberson and Hudspeth counties, and represents the state in all criminal cases before every district court having jurisdiction in El Paso County.
(c)The district attorney represents the state in all criminal cases pending in the inferior courts having jurisdiction in El Paso County.
(d)The commissioners courts of Culberson and Hudspeth Counties shall each pay to El Paso County the budgeted prosecution costs, which may not exceed a total of $90,000 for Culberson and Hudspeth Counties per fiscal year, for the preparation and conduct of criminal affairs of the district attorney's office, including compensation for assistants and other employees of the district attorney, applicable to their respective county. Each year the district attorney's office shall:
(1)prepare a budget and financial statement for the upcoming fiscal year; and
(2)file the budget and financial statement with the commissioners courts of Hudspeth and Culberson Counties. (d-1) The budget and financial statement required by Subsection (d) must contain:
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 1951), Sec. 13(a), eff. October 1, 2007.