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.