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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Subtitle C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE |
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Chapter 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 571.016. REPRESENTATION OF STATE
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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.
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 , Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.