Bill Text: TX SB375 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain applicants for state bar examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Referred to State Affairs [SB375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB375-Introduced.html
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| By: Hall | S.B. No. 375 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of certain applicants for 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 82.024, 82.0241, and 82.036, an attorney | ||
| licensed to practice law in another state is eligible to take this | ||
| state's bar examination if the attorney: | ||
| (1) is a citizen of the United States; and | ||
| (2) satisfies all other requirements to be licensed in | ||
| this state. | ||
| (b) An attorney eligible to take the examination under this | ||
| section must comply with the procedures and deadlines prescribed by | ||
| the supreme court. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
