81R9264 KFF-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1799
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of rules by the supreme court relating to
the nonrenewal of the license of an attorney who defaults on a
student loan administered by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 82.022(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The supreme court may adopt rules relating to the
nonrenewal of the license of a lawyer who is in default on:
(1) a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, Education
Code, by the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; or
(2) a loan administered under Chapter 52, Education
Code, by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.