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

Texas House Bill 1359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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

	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.