Tex. Penal Code § 39.015 · Chapter 39. ABUSE OF OFFICE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION TO PROSECUTE OFFENSES UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
With the consent of the appropriate local county or district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an offense under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (S.B. 563), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.39.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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