Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 571.016
Representation of State

Unless specified otherwise, in a hearing held under this subtitle, including a hearing held under Subchapter G (Definitions), Chapter 574 (Court-ordered Mental Health Services):

(1)

the county attorney shall represent the state; or

(2)

if the county has no county attorney, the district attorney, the criminal district attorney, or a court-appointed special prosecutor shall represent the state.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 322, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 832 (H.B. 3342), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.

Source: Section 571.016 — Representation of State, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­571.­htm#571.­016 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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