Bill Text: TX HB1020 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to volunteer practice by an inactive member of the State Bar of Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1020 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1020-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1020 |
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relating to volunteer practice by an inactive member of the State | ||
Bar of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.053(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) An inactive member may not practice law in this state, | ||
except as provided by rule promulgated by the supreme court for | ||
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. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1020 was passed by the House on March | ||
30, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1020 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |