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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum continuing legal education requirements for |
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an attorney who is a member of the Texas Legislature. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.113, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 4(H), Article XII, State Bar |
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Rules, or any other rule adopted by the supreme court, the state bar |
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may not credit an attorney licensed in this state with meeting the |
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minimum continuing legal education requirements of the state bar |
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for a compliance year if the credit is based solely on the |
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attorney's service as a member of the Texas senate or house of |
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representatives. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a continuing legal education compliance year that ends on or |
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after September 1, 2008. The requirements for continuing legal |
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education for a compliance year that ends before September 1, 2008, |
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are covered by the law and rules in effect when the compliance year |
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ended, and those laws and rules are continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |