Tex. Gov't Code § 43.148 · Subchapter B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC DISTRICTS
105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The voters of Nueces County elect a district attorney for the 105th Judicial District who has the same powers and duties as other district attorneys and serves all the district, county, and justice courts of Nueces County.
(b) The district attorney shall attend each term and session of the district, county, and justice courts of Nueces County and shall represent the state in criminal cases pending in those courts. The district attorney has control of any case heard on petition of writ of habeas corpus before any district or inferior court in the district.
(c) The commissioners court of Nueces County may supplement the state salary of the district attorney. The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000 a year. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers' salary fund of the county. If that fund is inadequate, the commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the general fund of the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 387, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 1951), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.43.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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