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By: Smithee, Farrar (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) |
H.B. No. 1020 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2017; |
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April 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 1, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 1, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to volunteer practice by an inactive member of the State |
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Bar of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.053(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An inactive member may not practice law in this state, |
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except as provided by rule promulgated by the supreme court for |
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volunteer practice, and may not hold an office in the state bar[,] |
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or vote in any election conducted by the state bar. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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