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| 1 | 1 | 84R6318 YDB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hunter H.B. No. 1909 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the | |
| 8 | 8 | State of Texas. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 82.037(a), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) Each person admitted to practice law shall, before | |
| 13 | 13 | receiving a license, take an oath that the person will: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) support the constitutions of the United States and | |
| 15 | 15 | this state; | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) honestly demean oneself [himself] in the practice | |
| 17 | 17 | of law; [and] | |
| 18 | 18 | (3) discharge the attorney's duty to the attorney's | |
| 19 | 19 | [his] client to the best of the attorney's ability; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (4) conduct oneself with integrity and civility in | |
| 21 | 21 | dealing and communicating with the court and all parties. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |