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