Tex. Elec. Code § 273.021 · Subchapter B. PROSECUTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
PROSECUTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general has jurisdiction to prosecute and shall represent the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 402, Government Code.
(b) The attorney general may appear before a grand jury in connection with a criminal offense the attorney general is authorized to prosecute under Subsection (a).
(c) The authority to prosecute prescribed by this subchapter does not affect the authority derived from other law to prosecute the same offenses.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 79, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 255, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 19 (S.B. 12), Sec. 2, eff. December 4, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.273.htm
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