Section 81.0878 - Referendum Vote By State Bar Members(a) On receipt of a petition filed by the board of directors under Section 81.0877(b), the supreme court shall:(1) distribute a copy of the rule in ballot form to each member of the state bar and order a vote on the rule; and(2) publish the rule in: (A) the Texas Register; and(B) the Texas Bar Journal.(b) The supreme court shall give state bar members:(1) at least 30 days to consider a proposed disciplinary rule before voting begins; and(2) 30 days to vote on the proposed disciplinary rule following the period for considering the proposed rule under Subdivision (1).(c) The state bar shall provide proponents and opponents of a proposed disciplinary rule an equal opportunity to present their views at any bar-sponsored forum at which the rule referendum is discussed.(d) One or more proposed disciplinary rules may appear on a single referendum ballot. State bar members shall vote for or against each rule. If a majority of the members who vote on the proposed rule vote in favor of the rule, the rule is approved by the members of the state bar.Tex. Gov't. Code § 81.0878
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 531,Sec. 10, eff. 9/1/2017.