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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 employed in the executive branch of state government. |
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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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employed full-time as an attorney by: |
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(1) the senate; |
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(2) the house of representatives; |
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(3) a committee, division, department, or office of |
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the senate or house; |
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(4) the Texas Legislative Council; |
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(5) the Legislative Budget Board; |
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(6) the Legislative Reference Library; |
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(7) the office of the state auditor; [or] |
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(8) the Sunset Advisory Commission; or |
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(9) a board, commission, department, agency, office, |
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or other entity in the executive branch of this state's government. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a continuing legal education compliance year that ends on or |
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after September 1, 2012. The requirements for continuing legal |
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education for a compliance year that ends before September 1, 2012, |
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are covered by the law and rules in effect when the compliance year |
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ended, and those laws and rules are continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |