(a) The committee may initiate the process for proposing a disciplinary rule for the state bar as the committee considers necessary or in conjunction with the review of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure under § 81.0873(1).
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date the committee receives a request to initiate the process for proposing a disciplinary rule, the committee shall:
(1) initiate the process; or
(2) issue a written decision declining to initiate the process and the reasons for declining.

Terms Used In Texas Government Code 81.0875

  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) A request to initiate the process for proposing a disciplinary rule under Subsection (b) may be made by:
(1) a resolution of the board of directors;
(2) a request of the supreme court;
(3) a request of the commission;
(4) a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the registered members of the state bar;
(5) a concurrent resolution of the legislature; or
(6) a petition signed by at least 20,000 people, of which at least 51 percent, or 10,200 or more, must be residents of this state.

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