Amend CSHB 599 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 82.025, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 82.025. EXEMPTION FOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. (a)
Membership in the legislature for 12 consecutive years and a
bachelor's degree or its equivalent [The following legislative
service or service and education] may be substituted for the
prelegal study and training and study of the law required of
candidates for the examination for a license to practice law[:
[(1) membership in the legislature for 12 consecutive
years;
[(2) membership in the legislature for eight
consecutive years and a bachelor's degree or its equivalent;
[(3) membership in the legislature for four
consecutive years, a bachelor's degree or its equivalent, and
adequate study of the law for at least two years at an approved law
school; or
[(4) service in both houses of the legislature and a
master's degree or its equivalent].
(b) A person applying for an exemption under this section
must meet the requirements of Subsection (a) before applying to
take the examination.
(c) A person applying for an exemption under this section
has given sufficient notice if the person gives to the clerk of the
supreme court 30 days' notice of intention to take the examination.
(d) This section does not affect the supreme court
requirements relating to moral character.