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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 serving as a state official appointed by the governor |
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and confirmed by the senate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.113(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the state bar |
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shall 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 reporting year if during the reporting year the attorney is: |
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(1) employed full-time as an attorney by: |
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(A) [(1)] the senate; |
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(B) [(2)] the house of representatives; |
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(C) [(3)] a committee, division, department, or |
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office of the senate or house; |
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(D) [(4)] the Texas Legislative Council; |
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(E) [(5)] the Legislative Budget Board; |
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(F) [(6)] the Legislative Reference Library; |
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(G) [(7)] the office of the state auditor; or |
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(H) [(8)] the Sunset Advisory Commission; or |
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(2) serving as a state official appointed by the |
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governor and confirmed by the senate. |
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SECTION 2. Section 81.113, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to the minimum requirements for a continuing |
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legal education compliance year that ends on or after September 1, |
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2025. The minimum requirements for continuing legal education for |
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a compliance year that ends before September 1, 2025, are covered by |
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the law and rules in effect when the compliance year ended, and that |
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law and those rules are continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |