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      87(R) HB 3549 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Coleman
            H.B.  No.  3549
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent 
         
            defendants.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Chapter 79, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Section 79.044 to read as follows:
         
                          (a)    This section applies only to a county with a population 
         
            of more than 3.3 million.
         
                          (b)    The number of court appointments in criminal cases 
         
            received by an attorney is not to exceed the guidelines contained in 
         
            caseload studies published by the commission pursuant to House Bill 
         
            1318, 83rd Texas Legislature.
         
                          (c)    If information provided under Section 79.036(a-1) shows 
         
            that the number of appointments made to an attorney accepting 
         
            appointments in the county exceeds caseload guidelines, the county 
         
            may withhold payment to that attorney for those cases that exceed 
         
            the caseload guidelines.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent
	defendants.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 79, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 79.044 to read as follows:
	(a) This section applies only to a county with a population
	of more than 3.3 million.
	(b) The number of court appointments in criminal cases
	received by an attorney is not to exceed the guidelines contained in
	caseload studies published by the commission pursuant to House Bill
	1318, 83rd Texas Legislature.
	(c) If information provided under Section 79.036(a-1) shows
	that the number of appointments made to an attorney accepting
	appointments in the county exceeds caseload guidelines, the county
	may withhold payment to that attorney for those cases that exceed
	the caseload guidelines.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.