By Solis of Cameron H.B. No. 1119
76R1326 CMR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the purposes of the State Bar of Texas.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 81.012, Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 81.012. PURPOSES. In order that the public
1-7 responsibilities of the legal profession may be more effectively
1-8 discharged, the state bar has the following purposes:
1-9 (1) to aid the courts in carrying on and improving the
1-10 administration of justice;
1-11 (2) to advance the quality of legal services to the
1-12 public and to foster the role of the legal profession in serving
1-13 the public;
1-14 (3) to foster and maintain on the part of those
1-15 engaged in the practice of law high ideals and integrity, learning,
1-16 competence in public service, and high standards of conduct;
1-17 (4) to provide proper professional services to the
1-18 members of the state bar;
1-19 (5) to encourage the formation of and activities of
1-20 local bar associations;
1-21 (6) to provide forums for the discussion of subjects
1-22 pertaining to the practice of law, the science of jurisprudence and
1-23 law reform, and the relationship of the state bar to the public;
1-24 [and]
2-1 (7) to publish information relating to the subjects
2-2 listed in Subdivision (6); and
2-3 (8) to encourage diversity among the membership of the
2-4 state bar that reflects the gender, racial, and ethnic diversity of
2-5 this state.
2-6 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.