HB4737 - Relating to the application processing time for admission to practice law in this state without examination for an attorney licensed to practice law in another state.

  89R18324 AMF-D     By: Bhojani, González of Dallas, Dyson, H.B. No. 4737       Hayes, Flores       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the application processing time for admission to   practice law in this state without examination for an attorney   licensed to practice law in another state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 82.036, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 82.036.  FOREIGN ATTORNEYS. (a)   Subject to Subsection   (b), the [ The ] supreme court shall make such rules and regulations   as to admitting attorneys from other jurisdictions to practice law   in this state as it shall deem proper and just. All such attorneys   shall be required to furnish satisfactory proof as to good moral   character.           (b)     The Board of Law Examiners shall process an application   for admission to practice law in this state without examination for   an attorney licensed to practice law in another state of the United   States not later than the 100th day after the date the attorney   files the application with the board.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for admission to practice law in this state   without examination filed with the Board of Law Examiners on or   after the effective date of this Act.  An application for admission   to practice law in this state without examination filed before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect the date   the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.