Tex. Gov't Code § 81.053 · Subchapter C. MEMBERSHIP
STATUS OF CERTAIN MEMBERSHIP CLASSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An inactive member may not practice law in this state, except as provided by rule promulgated by the supreme court for volunteer practice, and may not hold an office in the state bar or vote in any election conducted by the state bar.
(b) An emeritus member has all the privileges of membership in the state bar.
(c) An associate member may not practice law, except as provided by rule promulgated by the supreme court, and may not hold office in the state bar or vote in any election conducted by the state bar.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (H.B. 1020), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.81.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ccd10d34a5959ec1a8d8b3c5d3a749cb46bf37c4cbb59d5cd9b4a5b40aba398b
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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