OMBUDSMAN FOR ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE SYSTEM
Known as the State Bar Act
The act spans §§ 81.001 to 81.156 (104 sections).
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 531 (S.B. 302), Sec. 10, eff
(a) The state bar shall fund one full-time equivalent position of ombudsman for the attorney discipline system.
(b) The ombudsman is selected by the members of the supreme court and is independent of the state bar, the board of directors, the commission, and the chief disciplinary counsel.
(c) The ombudsman shall report directly to the supreme court.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.