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      S.B. No. 992         AN ACT   relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or   denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal   services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 402.0212, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:           (a-1)     The attorney general shall approve or deny approval of   a contract for legal services described by Subsection (a) not later   than the 25th day after the date the contract is received by the   attorney general from the submitting state agency.   If the attorney   general denies approval of the contract, the attorney general shall   provide the state agency that submitted the contract a written   explanation of the reason the attorney general denied approval of   the contract.          SECTION 2.  Section 825.203(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  [ The attorney general shall timely act on a request to   approve a contract for outside legal services under Section   402.0212. ]  If the attorney general denies the board's request for   approval of a contract for outside legal services , [ :                [ (1)     the attorney general shall provide the board with   the reason for the denial; and                [ (2) ]  the board may select alternative outside legal   counsel, subject to approval by the attorney general in accordance   with this section and Section 402.0212.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract for legal services submitted for approval to the   attorney general on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   contract submitted for approval to the attorney general 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 992 passed the Senate on   March 12, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 992 passed the House on   May 20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 111, Nays 33, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor