Sec. 43.172.  259TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.  The voters of the 259th Judicial District elect a district attorney.  In addition to exercising the duties and authority provided by general law for district attorneys, the district attorney represents the state in all felony cases before the 259th District Court in Jones and Shackelford counties.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.