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| 1 | 1 | 82R5245 PMO-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Solomons H.B. No. 1072 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the State Bar of Texas membership dues for an attorney | |
| 8 | 8 | employed by this state's government. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 81.054, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (m) A member is not required to pay a membership fee for a | |
| 13 | 13 | year in which the member is in good standing and employed as a | |
| 14 | 14 | full-time attorney by a board, commission, department, agency, | |
| 15 | 15 | office, or other entity of this state's government. The state bar | |
| 16 | 16 | shall adopt rules governing the proration of a membership fee paid | |
| 17 | 17 | by an attorney who is not employed by this state's government for an | |
| 18 | 18 | entire year. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 81.054(m), Government Code, as added by | |
| 20 | 20 | this Act, applies to a membership fee for membership or renewal of | |
| 21 | 21 | membership in the State Bar of Texas that becomes due on or after | |
| 22 | 22 | the effective date of this Act. A membership fee for membership or | |
| 23 | 23 | renewal of membership that becomes due before the effective date of | |
| 24 | 24 | this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the membership | |
| 25 | 25 | fee becomes due, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 26 | 26 | purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012. |