Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.016 · Chapter 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS
REPRESENTATION OF STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Unless specified otherwise, in a hearing held under this subtitle, including a hearing held under Subchapter G, Chapter 574:
(1) the county attorney shall represent the state; or
(2) if the county has no county attorney, the district attorney, the criminal district attorney, or a court-appointed special prosecutor shall represent the state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 322, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 832 (H.B. 3342), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.571.htm
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