Tex. Elec. Code § 273.022 · Subchapter B. PROSECUTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
COOPERATION WITH LOCAL PROSECUTOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The attorney general may direct the county or district attorney serving the county in which the offense is to be prosecuted to prosecute a criminal offense that the attorney general is authorized to prosecute under Section 273.021 or to assist the attorney general in the prosecution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 19 (S.B. 12), Sec. 3, eff. December 4, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.273.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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