Tex. Gov't Code § 44.159 · Subchapter B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES
DEAF SMITH COUNTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The criminal district attorney of Deaf Smith County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Deaf Smith County and shall represent the state in all criminal and civil cases in the courts in the county.
(b) The criminal district attorney has all the powers, duties, and privileges in Deaf Smith County relating to criminal or civil matters involving the county or state that are conferred by law on county and district attorneys in the various counties and districts.
(c) The criminal district attorney shall assist the county attorney in Oldham County on his request or, in the event of his inability to act, on appointment by the judge of the district court in Oldham County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 8, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.44.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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