80R3264 CAE-D | ||
By: Ellis | S.B. No. 168 | |
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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. [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | |||
legislative session. |