87R2260 YDB-D
By: Miles S.B. No. 418
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosure to legislators of certain attorney grievance
information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.0885, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) All types of information, proceedings, hearing
transcripts, and statements presented to the ombudsman are
confidential and may not be disclosed to any person other than the
chief disciplinary counsel unless:
(1) disclosure is ordered by a court; or
(2) a member of the legislature requests disclosure
and the complainant consents to disclosure.
(c) A member of the legislature to whom information,
proceedings, hearing transcripts, or statements presented to the
ombudsman are disclosed under Subsection (a) may use the
information, proceedings, hearing transcripts, or statements only
in the performance of a power or duty associated with the member's
office.
SECTION 2. Section 81.0885, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a disclosure of information, proceedings,
hearing transcripts, and statements presented to the ombudsman for
the attorney discipline system of the State Bar of Texas that occurs
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.