By Gallego H.B. No. 80 76R236 DB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to unclaimed property held by attorneys. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 82, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 82.0631 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 82.0631. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY ATTORNEY. (a) 1-7 This section applies to property held by an attorney on behalf of 1-8 a client that is presumed abandoned under Chapter 72, Property 1-9 Code, and delivered to the comptroller under Chapter 74, Property 1-10 Code. 1-11 (b) The comptroller shall deposit the proceeds of property 1-12 described by Subsection (a) to the credit of the basic civil legal 1-13 services account of the judicial fund. 1-14 (c) Proceeds deposited under this section to the credit of 1-15 the basic civil legal services account are subject to the same 1-16 restrictions on use as other funds deposited in that account. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and 1-18 applies only to property described by Section 82.0631, Government 1-19 Code, as added by this Act, delivered to the comptroller on or 1-20 after that date. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.