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  89R6230 JCG-F     By: West S.B. No. 1083       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain   criminal proceedings in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 26.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows:           (i-1)     This subsection applies only to a county with a   population of 2.5 million or more that is adjacent to a county with   a population of more than 2.1 million.   Notwithstanding Subsection   (j)(2) or any other law, and if funds are appropriated by a county   for this purpose, an attorney may be appointed under this article to   represent an indigent person for the sole purpose of providing   counsel in relation to that person's appearance before a magistrate   as required by Article 14.06(a), 15.17(a), or 15.18(a). The   attorney may represent the person in subsequent proceedings of that   case, only if appointed for that purpose under the other provisions   of this article.          SECTION 2.  Article 26.04(i-1), Code of Criminal Procedure,   as added by this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or   after the effective date of this Act. A person arrested before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the person was arrested, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.