79R9942 QS-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 3229



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the reinstatement of attorneys after disbarment.                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 81, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 81.080 to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.080.  REINSTATEMENT AFTER DISBARMENT; EXEMPTION 
FROM TAKING BAR EXAMINATION.  Rules adopted by the supreme court 
relating to the reinstatement of disbarred attorneys must allow an 
attorney to be reinstated without having to take the bar 
examination if the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding 
finds that the attorney was a licensed attorney in good standing for 
at least 20 years before the disbarment.
	SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date 
of this Act, the Texas Supreme Court shall adopt rules to implement 
Section 81.080, Government Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  Section 81.080, Government Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to a person who files an application for 
reinstatement to the State Bar of Texas on or after September 1, 
2005.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.