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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibited exemptions from state bar examination |
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requirements for attorneys who hold law licenses issued by certain |
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other states. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 82.036, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 82.036. FOREIGN ATTORNEYS; RECIPROCITY. (a) The |
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supreme court shall make such rules and regulations as to admitting |
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attorneys from other jurisdictions to practice law in this state as |
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it shall deem proper and just. All such attorneys shall be required |
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to furnish satisfactory proof as to good moral character. |
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(b) The rules adopted under this section may not exempt an |
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attorney licensed to practice law in another state from the |
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requirement of successfully completing this state's bar |
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examination unless the other state exempts attorneys licensed to |
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practice law in this state from the requirement of successfully |
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completing the other state's bar examination. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas |
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Supreme Court shall adopt the rules necessary to implement Section |
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82.036, Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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(b) Section 82.036, Government Code, as amended by this Act, |
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applies only to a person who files an application for a license to |
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practice law with the Board of Law Examiners on or after December 1, |
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2013. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |