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Bill would let courts disqualify prosecutors who refuse to pursue election offenses; opponents call it vague and dangerous to prosecutorial discretion
Summary
Senate Bill 2743 would allow district courts to disqualify local prosecutors who consistently refuse to prosecute election offenses and authorize the attorney general to prosecute; opponents, including the Texas Civil Rights Project, called the standard vague and a threat to prosecutorial discretion during committee testimony.
Senator Hagen Boothe (author) presented the committee substitute to Senate Bill 2743, saying the bill would authorize a district court to disqualify local county and district attorneys who refuse to prosecute election offenses and direct that the Texas attorney general be appointed to prosecute those cases.
"SB 2743 would authorize a district court to disqualify local county and district attorneys who refuse to prosecute election…
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