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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on the practice of law in certain courts |
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by a county commissioner or a county judge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 82.064, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A county judge [or county clerk] who is licensed to |
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practice law may not appear and practice as an attorney at law in: |
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(1) any court in the county where the county judge |
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serves; or |
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(2) any other county or justice court except in cases |
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over which the court in which the judge [or clerk] serves has |
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neither original nor appellate jurisdiction. |
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(c) A county clerk who is licensed to practice law may not |
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appear and practice as an attorney at law in the supreme court, the |
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court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, [or] a district |
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court, or any county or justice court unless the court in which the |
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clerk serves has neither original nor appellate jurisdiction. |
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(d) A county commissioner who is licensed to practice law |
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may not appear and practice as an attorney at law in any court of |
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appeals, district court, county court, or justice court with |
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jurisdiction in the county the county commissioner serves. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 171.010(c) and (d), Local Government |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an action or proceeding filed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An action or proceeding filed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the action or |
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proceeding was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |