89R4600 LRM/JCG-D     By: Hopper H.B. No. 4705       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 2A.105, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  A judge of a court in which a district or county attorney   represents the state shall declare the attorney disqualified for   purposes of Article 2A.104 with respect to a criminal case or   proceeding involving the election laws of this state, on a showing   that the attorney has adopted a policy or practice, or is following   or enforcing a policy or practice, under which the attorney   consistently refuses or declines to prosecute a violation of the   election laws of this state.          SECTION 2.  Section 273.021, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  In accordance with an appointment made under Article   2A.104(b), the attorney general may prosecute a criminal offense   prescribed by the election laws of this state on the   disqualification of a district or county attorney under Article   2A.105(d), Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   the prosecution of an offense committed on or after the effective   date of this Act.  The prosecution of an offense committed before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on   the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued   in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section, an   offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any   element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.