Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 89.001 · Chapter 89. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
SPECIAL COUNSEL IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than two million may employ an attorney as special counsel.
(b) The special counsel may be employed to:
(1) represent the county in any suit brought by or against the county;
(2) prepare necessary documents and otherwise assist the court, the county engineer, and other county employees in the acquisition of rights-of-way for the county and for state highways; or
(3) represent the county in condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of rights-of-way for highways and other purposes for which the county has the right of eminent domain.
(c) The county attorney shall select the special counsel. If the county does not have a county attorney, the district attorney or criminal district attorney shall select the special counsel. The selecting officer shall determine the terms and duration of employment of the special counsel, subject to the court's approval.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg.,ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 85, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 81.023 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 13.03(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 127, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.89.htm
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