HB3022 - Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.

  89R12949 JRJ-F     By: Smithee H.B. No. 3022       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney   general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of   state statutes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 402.010, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:           (e)     The attorney general may assert legislative privilege   on behalf of the state or a state agency or official during   discovery, hearing, or trial in an action described by this section   unless asserting the privilege would create a conflict in the   attorney general's representation of the state or a state agency or   official.           (f)     The attorney general has 30 days from the date   legislative privilege is asserted under Subsection (e) to provide   evidence of representation of the state or a state agency or   official who may properly assert the privilege. The provision of   evidence of that representation on or before that date establishes   the attorney general's authority to assert legislative privilege   under Subsection (e).           (g)     The attorney general's authority under Subsection (e)   is not exclusive and does not affect another person's ability to   assert legislative privilege in any matter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.