1-1 By: Henderson S.C.R. No. 130
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 24, 1995; April 25, 1995, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 3, 1995,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
1-5 May 3, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-7 WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of Texas has the authority to
1-8 regulate the practice of law and to exercise administrative control
1-9 over the State Bar of Texas by promulgating rules for the
1-10 operation, maintenance, and conduct of the legal profession; and
1-11 WHEREAS, The supreme court is required by the rules
1-12 provision of the State Bar Act to promulgate each rule and
1-13 amendment governing the discipline of members of the State Bar of
1-14 Texas that receives a majority of the votes cast in an election by
1-15 the members of the state bar; and
1-16 WHEREAS, In Miscellaneous Docket No. 94-9167, the supreme
1-17 court promulgated certain amendments to the Texas Disciplinary
1-18 Rules of Professional Conduct that had been passed by the members
1-19 of the state bar; however, the court did not promulgate each of the
1-20 amendments that received a majority of the votes cast in an
1-21 election by the members of the state bar; now, therefore, be it
1-22 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
1-23 hereby direct the Supreme Court of Texas to promulgate those rules
1-24 and amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
1-25 Conduct that received a majority of the votes cast in an election
1-26 by the members of the state bar and that were not promulgated in
1-27 Miscellaneous Docket No. 94-9167; and, be it further
1-28 RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
1-29 copy of this resolution to the Supreme Court of Texas.
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