Bill Text: TX HB2393 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to State Bar of Texas elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-08 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2393 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2393-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Davis | H.B. No. 2393 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2393: | |||
| By: Leach | C.S.H.B. No. 2393 | ||
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| relating to State Bar of Texas elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 81.019, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| (d), the officers shall be elected in accordance with rules for the | ||
| election of officers and directors prepared and proposed by the | ||
| supreme court as provided by Section 81.024. | ||
| (c) The election rules must permit any member's name to be | ||
| printed on the ballot as a candidate for president-elect if a | ||
| written petition requesting that action and signed by at least one | ||
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| executive director at least 30 days before the election ballots are | ||
| to be distributed to the membership. | ||
| (d) The election rules must permit electronic signatures on | ||
| a written petition submitted as provided by Subsection (c). | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Supreme Court shall adopt any rules necessary | ||
| to implement the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
