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Amend SB 303 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 82.024, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 82.024. LAW STUDY REQUIREMENTS; ELIGIBILITY FOR EXAMINATION. (a) A person who has completed the prescribed study in an approved law school has satisfied the law study requirements for taking the examination for a license to practice law and is eligible to take the bar examination. An approved law school is one that is approved by the supreme court for the time period designated by the court as maintaining the additional standards to retain approval.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 82.0241 and 82.036, a person satisfies the law study requirements for taking the examination for a license to practice law under Subsection (a) and is eligible to take the bar examination if the person:
(1) is licensed to practice law in another state of the United States; and
(2) satisfies all other requirements for a license to practice law in this state.
(c) This subsection and Subsection (b) expire on January 1, 2020.
SECTION ____. Section 82.024, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a person applying to take the examination for a license to practice law on or after the effective date of this Act.