Sec. 44.111.  BASTROP COUNTY.  (a)  The criminal district attorney of Bastrop County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Bastrop County and each term and session of the inferior courts of the county held for the transaction of criminal business.  He shall exclusively represent the state in all criminal matters before those courts and any other court in which Bastrop County has pending business.
(b)  The criminal district attorney has all the powers, duties, and privileges in Bastrop County that are conferred by law on county and district attorneys in the various counties and districts.
(c)  The criminal district attorney shall collect the fees, commissions, and perquisites that are provided by law for similar services rendered by a district or county attorney.
(d)  The supplemental compensation paid to the criminal district attorney by the county and the salaries of the staff of the criminal district attorney shall be paid from the officers' salary fund if that fund is adequate.  If that fund is not adequate, the commissioners court shall transfer the necessary funds from the general fund of the county to the officers' salary fund.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 1951), Sec. 3(c), eff. September 1, 2007.