79R871 KLA-D

By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 232



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the State Bar of Texas fee to provide legal services to 
the indigent.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 81.054(j), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(j)  The supreme court shall set an additional legal services 
fee in an amount of $65 to be paid annually by each active member of 
the state bar except as provided by Subsection (k).  Section 81.024 
does not apply to a fee set under this subsection.  [This subsection 
expires on September 1, 2007.]
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.