Tex. Gov't Code § 402.043 · Subchapter C. OPINIONS
QUESTIONS RELATING TO ACTIONS IN WHICH THE STATE IS INTERESTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The attorney general shall advise an attorney, on the attorney's request, in the prosecution or defense of an action in which the state is interested before a district or inferior court if:
(1) the requesting attorney has investigated the question involved and submitted a brief to the attorney general; and
(2) the requesting attorney is:
(A) a district or county attorney; or
(B) a county employee who:
(i) serves as the head of the civil legal department of a county located on the international border that has a population of less than 400,000 and contains one or more municipalities with a population of 200,000 or more; and
(ii) has received approval for the submission of the request from the commissioners court of the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 69 (S.B. 1339), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.402.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 44f0e283885806ec3bbaa34a36872a409dd4d4f993b3ffb734006c2f39c026ac
- Composed by
- 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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