Bill Text: TX HB2844 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the licensure in this state of certain attorneys who are licensed to practice law in another state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB2844 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2844-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 2844 | |
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| relating to the licensure in this state of certain attorneys who are | ||
| 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) 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 rules adopted under this section must allow an | ||
| attorney licensed to practice law in another state of the United | ||
| States to be admitted to practice law in this state without | ||
| examination if the attorney: | ||
| (1) has been actively and substantially engaged in the | ||
| practice of law in the other jurisdiction for at least five of the | ||
| last seven years immediately preceding the date the attorney filed | ||
| the application for a license to practice law in this state, | ||
| regardless of whether the attorney previously failed a bar | ||
| examination in this state; and | ||
| (2) is otherwise eligible for admission to practice | ||
| law without examination. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Supreme Court shall adopt rules to implement | ||
| Section 82.036, Government Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 82.036, Government Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a person who files an application for | ||
| admission to the State Bar of Texas on or after September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
