Sec. 45.142. COLEMAN COUNTY

(a) The county attorney of Coleman County may perform all duties required of district and county attorneys by general law in all matters pending before the district court in Coleman County.

(b) If the county attorney of Coleman County performs the duties of district attorney before the district courts in Coleman County as provided by Subsection (a), the county attorney is entitled to receive from the state a salary of $5,000 a year. The county attorney may not receive that salary for a period of time during which the county attorney does not perform those duties. The county attorney may not receive that salary unless he certifies to the comptroller of public accounts that he is performing the duties of district attorney as required and must notify the comptroller immediately if he ceases to perform those duties. The county attorney is also entitled to receive funds from the state for the payment of staff salaries and other office expenses at the same rate as provided in the General Appropriations Act for a district attorney in a single-county district for a period during which the county attorney performs the duties of district attorney.

(c) If there is no county attorney in Coleman County, the criminal district attorney in Taylor County shall represent the state in all matters pending before the 42nd District Court in Coleman County.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.52(d), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.