Tex. Government Code § 329.004: ELIGIBILITY; LOBBYIST RESTRICTION.

(a) To be eligible for appointment to or service on the commission, a person must be an attorney licensed to practice law.

(b) At least one of the commissioners, at the time of that commissioner's appointment, must be a state judge.

(c) At least one of the commissioners, at the time of that commissioner's appointment, must be a legal educator.

(d) A person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation in or on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the commission may not serve as a commissioner or act as general counsel to the commission.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Chapter 762 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1042 (H.B. 4294), Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 2021.