85R6467 MK-D     By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1293       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on requiring a gift or grant to be made to   a district or county attorney or a commissioners court as a   condition of a defendant's pretrial intervention agreement.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 41.016 to read as follows:          Sec. 41.016.  REQUEST FOR GIFTS AND GRANTS FOR CERTAIN   PURPOSES PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Pretrial intervention agreement" includes an   agreement for the dismissal or reduction of a defendant's criminal   charges.                (2)  "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district   attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,   assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district   attorney.          (b)  A prosecutor or a commissioners court may not include as   a condition in a pretrial intervention agreement that the defendant   or a person acting on behalf of the defendant make a gift or grant to   the office or the court.          (c)  Soliciting or accepting a gift or grant in connection   with a defendant's pretrial intervention agreement constitutes a   violation of Section 36.06(a)(2), Penal Code.           SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 45.101 to read as follows:          Sec. 45.101.  REQUEST FOR GIFT OR GRANT FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES   PROHIBITED. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, a county attorney   who is authorized to accept gifts or grants for the purpose of   assisting the operation of the office of county attorney may not   request or accept a gift or grant:                (1)  as a condition of a defendant's pretrial   intervention agreement; or                 (2)  in exchange for the dismissal or reduction of   criminal charges brought against the defendant.           (b)  A violation of this section constitutes a violation of   Section 36.06(a)(2), Penal Code.           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.