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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain information by the State Bar of Texas |
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to notify a person licensed to practice law in this state of |
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accredited continuing legal education activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.1176, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), on the written request |
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of a person sponsoring a legal education activity accredited by the |
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State Bar of Texas, the state bar may use the information listed in |
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Subsection (a) to notify a person licensed to practice law in this |
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state of the accredited continuing legal education activity. |
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Notification under this subsection may be by regular mail or e-mail |
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as requested by the person sponsoring the continuing legal |
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education activity. The state bar may charge the sponsoring person |
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the actual costs incurred as a result of the notification. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to notification by the |
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State Bar of Texas regarding an accredited continuing legal |
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education activity that occurs on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. Notification by the state bar of an accredited continuing |
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legal education activity that occurs before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2011. |