SB474 - Relating to revocation of a prosecuting attorney's license to practice law in this state on a court's finding the attorney committed certain official misconduct.

  89R3185 TSS-F     By: Middleton S.B. No. 474       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to revocation of a prosecuting attorney's license to   practice law in this state on a court's finding the attorney   committed certain official misconduct.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 87.018, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:           (i)     In addition to implementing other action authorized by   this subchapter and on a finding that a prosecuting attorney   accused of committing official misconduct under Section   87.011(3)(B) or (C) adopted or enforced a policy described by   Section 87.011(3)(B) or permitted an attorney employed by or   otherwise under the direction or control of the prosecuting   attorney to act as described by Section 87.011(3)(C), the court   shall revoke the prosecuting attorney's license to practice law in   this state.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a proceeding to remove a prosecuting attorney from office commenced   on or after the effective date of this Act.  A proceeding to remove a   prosecuting attorney from office commenced before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before   the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.