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| 1 | 1 | 84R6960 GRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 2045 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued | |
| 8 | 8 | by another state to take the state bar examination. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 82, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 82.025 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 82.025. ATTORNEY LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE. (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | Notwithstanding Sections 82.0241 and 82.036, an attorney licensed | |
| 14 | 14 | to practice law in another state is eligible to take the state's bar | |
| 15 | 15 | examination regardless of whether the attorney has completed law | |
| 16 | 16 | study in an approved law school as required by Section 82.024 if the | |
| 17 | 17 | attorney: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) is a United States citizen; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) satisfies all other requirements to be licensed in | |
| 20 | 20 | this state. | |
| 21 | 21 | (b) The same procedures and deadlines apply to an attorney | |
| 22 | 22 | eligible to take the examination under this section as apply to an | |
| 23 | 23 | attorney licensed in another state who has completed the law study | |
| 24 | 24 | requirements in Section 82.024. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |