By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 1122
	(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
April 28, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 4, 
Nays 0; April 28, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the Board of Law Examiners board member compensation.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 82.005, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 82.005.  BOARD COMPENSATION.  (a)  The supreme court 
shall set the compensation of each member of the Board of Law 
Examiners, excluding reasonable and necessary actual expenses, at 
an amount that does not exceed $30,000 [$20,000] a year.
	(b)  Subchapter B, Chapter 659, does not apply to the 
compensation set under this section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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