Tex. Gov't Code § 82.061 · Subchapter C. ATTORNEY CONDUCT
MISBEHAVIOR OR CONTEMPT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An attorney at law may be fined or imprisoned by any court for misbehavior or for contempt of the court.
(b) An attorney may not be suspended or stricken from the rolls for contempt unless the contempt involves fraudulent or dishonorable conduct or malpractice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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.82.htm
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- 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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