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