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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the State Bar of Texas fee to provide legal services to |
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the indigent. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.054(j), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(j) The supreme court shall set an additional legal services |
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fee in an amount of $65 to be paid annually by each active member of |
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the state bar except as provided by Subsection (k). Section 81.024 |
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does not apply to a fee set under this subsection. [This subsection
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expires on September 1, 2007.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |