Tex. Gov't Code § 81.0878 · Subchapter E-1. COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINARY RULES AND REFERENDA; DISCIPLINARY RULE PROPOSAL PROCESS
REFERENDUM VOTE BY STATE BAR MEMBERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On receipt of a petition filed by the board of directors under Section 81.0877(b), the supreme court shall:
(1) distribute a copy of the rule in ballot form to each member of the state bar and order a vote on the rule; and
(2) publish the rule in:
(A) the Texas Register; and
(B) the Texas Bar Journal.
(b) The supreme court shall give state bar members:
(1) at least 30 days to consider a proposed disciplinary rule before voting begins; and
(2) 30 days to vote on the proposed disciplinary rule following the period for considering the proposed rule under Subdivision (1).
(c) The state bar shall provide proponents and opponents of a proposed disciplinary rule an equal opportunity to present their views at any bar-sponsored forum at which the rule referendum is discussed.
(d) One or more proposed disciplinary rules may appear on a single referendum ballot. State bar members shall vote for or against each rule. If a majority of the members who vote on the proposed rule vote in favor of the rule, the rule is approved by the members of the state bar.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 531 (S.B. 302), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.81.htm
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