Amend HB 599 on third reading 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.