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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 273 - Criminal Investigation and Other Enforcement Proceedings
Subchapter B. Prosecution by Attorney General
Section 273.021. Prosecution by Attorney General Authorized

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TX Elec COde § 273.021 (2025)
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Sec. 273.021. PROSECUTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORIZED. (a) The attorney general has jurisdiction to prosecute and shall represent the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 402, Government Code.

(b) The attorney general may appear before a grand jury in connection with a criminal offense the attorney general is authorized to prosecute under Subsection (a).

(c) The authority to prosecute prescribed by this subchapter does not affect the authority derived from other law to prosecute the same offenses.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 79, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 255, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 19 (S.B. 12), Sec. 2, eff. December 4, 2025.

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