HB 5570

relating to the minimum continuing legal education requirements for
an attorney serving as a state official appointed by the governor
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 81.113(a), Government Code, is amended
(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the state bar
shall credit an attorney licensed in this state with meeting the
minimum continuing legal education requirements of the state bar
for a reporting year if during the reporting year the attorney is:
(1)  employed full-time as an attorney by:
(B) [(2)]  the house of representatives;
(C) [(3)]  a committee, division, department, or
(D) [(4)]  the Texas Legislative Council;
(E) [(5)]  the Legislative Budget Board;
(F) [(6)]  the Legislative Reference Library;
(G) [(7)]  the office of the state auditor; or
(H) [(8)]  the Sunset Advisory Commission; or
(2)  serving as a state official appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the senate.
SECTION 2.  Section 81.113, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to the minimum requirements for a continuing
legal education compliance year that ends on or after September 1,
2025.  The minimum requirements for continuing legal education for
a compliance year that ends before September 1, 2025, are covered by
the law and rules in effect when the compliance year ended, and that
law and those rules are continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.