GENERAL POWERS
Known as the State Bar Act
The act spans §§ 81–81 (104 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Maria Gomez, Alicia Naveja and Leonardo Chavez v. State Bar of Texas, James Parsons, III and Karen Johnson (1993)
Most recently applied in In re Dow (June 2015)
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 3.01, eff
(a) The state bar is a public corporation and an administrative agency of the judicial department of government.
(b) This chapter is in aid of the judicial department's powers under the constitution to regulate the practice of law, and not to the exclusion of those powers.
(c) The Supreme Court of Texas, on behalf of the judicial department, shall exercise administrative control over the state bar under this chapter.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.