Bill Text: TX SB1430 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued by another state to take the state bar examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1430-Introduced.html
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By: Hall | S.B. No. 1430 |
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relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued | ||
by another state to take the state bar examination. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 82, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 82.025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 82.025. ATTORNEY LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding Sections 82.0241 and 82.036, an attorney licensed | ||
to practice law in another state is eligible to take the state's bar | ||
examination regardless of whether the attorney has completed law | ||
study in an approved law school as required by Section 82.024 if the | ||
attorney: | ||
(1) is a United States citizen; and | ||
(2) satisfies all other requirements to be licensed in | ||
this state. | ||
(b) The same procedures and deadlines apply to an attorney | ||
eligible to take the examination under this section as apply to an | ||
attorney licensed in another state who has completed the law study | ||
requirements in Section 82.024. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |