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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