Amend Amendment No. 2 by Hartnett to CSSB 266 by striking the
text of the amendment and substituting the following:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS 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.
[(e) This section applies only to persons who were members of
the legislature before the 64th Legislature, Regular Session,
convened in January 1975.]