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| 2 | 2 | | By: Smithee H.B. No. 1644 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the |
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| 8 | 8 | | State of Texas. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 82.037(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Each person admitted to practice law shall, before |
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| 13 | 13 | | receiving a license, take an oath that the person will: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) support the constitutions of the United States and |
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| 15 | 15 | | this state; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) honestly demean oneself [himself] in the practice |
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| 17 | 17 | | of law; [and] |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) discharge the attorney's duty to the attorney's |
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| 19 | 19 | | [his] client to the best of the attorney's ability; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) conduct oneself with integrity and civility in |
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| 21 | 21 | | dealing and communicating with the court and all parties. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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