| 1 | 1 | | 89R18324 AMF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bhojani H.B. No. 4737 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the application processing time for admission to |
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| 10 | 10 | | practice law in this state without examination for an attorney |
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| 11 | 11 | | licensed to practice law in another state. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 82.036, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 82.036. FOREIGN ATTORNEYS. (a) Subject to Subsection |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b), the [The] supreme court shall make such rules and regulations |
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| 17 | 17 | | as to admitting attorneys from other jurisdictions to practice law |
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| 18 | 18 | | in this state as it shall deem proper and just. All such attorneys |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall be required to furnish satisfactory proof as to good moral |
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| 20 | 20 | | character. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The Board of Law Examiners shall process an application |
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| 22 | 22 | | for admission to practice law in this state without examination for |
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| 23 | 23 | | an attorney licensed to practice law in another state of the United |
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| 24 | 24 | | States not later than the 100th day after the date the attorney |
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| 25 | 25 | | files the application with the board. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 27 | 27 | | to an application for admission to practice law in this state |
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| 28 | 28 | | without examination filed with the Board of Law Examiners on or |
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| 29 | 29 | | after the effective date of this Act. An application for admission |
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| 30 | 30 | | to practice law in this state without examination filed before the |
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| 31 | 31 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect the date |
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| 32 | 32 | | the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect |
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| 33 | 33 | | for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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