By Rodriguez, et al. H.B. No. 850
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 850:
By Puente C.S.H.B. No. 850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to permitting certain students to take the examination for
1-3 a license to practice law in this state.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) Sections 82.0241(a) and (c), Government
1-6 Code, effective until June 1, 1993, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A person who was enrolled at the Reynaldo G. Garza
1-8 School of Law <located in the City of Edinburg before June 1,
1-9 1989,> and who satisfies the law study requirements for taking the
1-10 examination for a license to practice law in this state before June
1-11 1, 1999 <1993>, may not be denied licensing solely on the basis of
1-12 having been graduated from that school.
1-13 (c) This section expires June 1, 1999 <1993>.
1-14 (b) This section takes effect only if this Act takes effect
1-15 before June 1, 1993.
1-16 SECTION 2. (a) Subchapter B, Chapter 82, Government Code,
1-17 is amended by adding Section 82.0242 to read as follows:
1-18 Sec. 82.0242. GARZA SCHOOL OF LAW: TEMPORARY PROVISION.
1-19 (a) A person who was enrolled at the Reynaldo G. Garza School of
1-20 Law and who satisfies the law study requirements for taking the
1-21 examination for a license to practice law in this state before June
1-22 1, 1999, may not be denied licensing solely on the basis of having
1-23 been graduated from that school.
1-24 (b) The Reynaldo G. Garza School of Law shall provide
2-1 written notice of this temporary provision to each person who is
2-2 enrolled or was enrolled at the school at any time.
2-3 (c) This section expires June 1, 1999.
2-4 (b) This section takes effect only if this Act takes effect
2-5 on or after June 1, 1993.
2-6 SECTION 3. Section 82.0241, Government Code, to be effective
2-7 June 1, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
2-8 Sec. 82.0243 <82.0241>. UNACCREDITED SCHOOLS OF LAW. All
2-9 matters relating to licensing of persons who were enrolled at
2-10 unaccredited schools of law in this state are within the exclusive
2-11 jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of Texas and those
2-12 persons graduating from the Reynaldo G. Garza School of Law may not
2-13 be denied examination by the Board of Law Examiners or licensing
2-14 solely on the basis of graduating from that school.
2-15 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-21 passage, and it is so enacted.