State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, will not step down as planned when the House convenes for a new session Tuesday, Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore told the American-Statesman Saturday.

Moore, newly-sworn into office, said that a lawyer representing Dukes had called to inform Moore of Dukes’ decision.

Moore said she was already scheduled to meet Tuesday with Texas Rangers investigating Dukes for possible ethics violations and would proceed with that meeting and then decide whether to go before a grand jury and seek an indictment of Dukes.

Dukes announced in September that she would not be sworn in for a 12th term, citing medical complications stemming from a 2013 car crash as the reason for her departure. But her announcement came soon after the Texas Rangers completed an investigation into her use of legislative staff and campaign money.

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It wasn’t clear Saturday whether Dukes’ health had improved or why she had reversed course. She has kept a low profile since news broke of possible ethics violations nearly a year ago, and has not responded to repeated requests for comment from the Statesman over the past several months. She did not immediately respond when contacted on Saturday.

A year of official and American-Statesman investigations examined whether it is appropriate for Dukes to require her legislative staffers to run personal errands and work on a nonprofit event she co-founded during business hours. An American-Statesman investigation into Dukes’ use of campaign funds found several questionable expenses, including payments to family members and larger-than-expected amounts spent on gas. The Statesman also looked into Dukes’ record during the 2015 legislative session when she missed almost all of the activity at the Capitol.

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Dukes’ decision did not come on the advice of Fort Worth defense attorney Michael Heiskell, who had been representing her.

"That was not my advice to her," said Heiskill, who said Dukes had not consulted with him before reversing her decision to step down.

Is he still her attorney?

"Apparently not," Heiskill said.

Heiskill said he had been contacted earlier in the week by Houston attorney Dane Ball who said he was looking into the matter at Dukes’ request.

Heiskill said it had been his hope that if Dukes had stepped down, the Travis County district attorney would not have sought an indictment.

"But all that’s been scuttled now if what I am hearing is true," Heiskill said.