Tex. Gov't Code § 81.103 · Subchapter G. UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW
UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The unauthorized practice of law committee is composed of nine persons appointed by the supreme court.
(b) At least three of the committee members must be nonattorneys.
(c) Committee members serve for staggered terms of three years with three members' terms expiring each year.
(d) A committee member may be reappointed.
(e) Each year the supreme court shall designate a committee member to serve as chairperson.
(f) All necessary and actual expenses of the committee should be provided for and paid out of the budget of 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. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.81.htm
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