Bill Text: TX HB1359 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an attorney identification card for entrance into a building that houses a court; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-18)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-01 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1359 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1359-Introduced.html

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86R1358 SRS-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 1359

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an attorney's entrance into a building that houses a
court by presentation of the attorney's state bar membership card.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 75, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter J to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER J. ACCESS TO BUILDINGS THAT HOUSE COURTS
Sec. 75.601. STATE BAR MEMBERS. (a) To enter a building
that houses a justice court, municipal court, county court, county
court at law, or district court without passing through security
services, an attorney licensed to practice law in this state may
present the attorney's state bar membership card instead of an
identification card issued or authorized for issuance by a county
or municipality.
(b) A county or municipality may not adopt or enforce an
order or ordinance that conflicts with Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 291.010, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commissioners court of a county may not adopt or
enforce an order that conflicts with Section 75.601, Government
Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.