{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-82.039","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 82.039","heading":"LICENSING GUIDELINES.","body":"(a) To assist the Board of Law Examiners in making consistent and fair determinations related to the licensing of attorneys in this state, the board shall develop specific guidelines for:\n(1) determining the moral character and fitness of license applicants;\n(2) overseeing probationary license holders; and\n(3) granting waiver requests.\n(b) The Board of Law Examiners shall develop the guidelines required under Subsection (a) based on the board's past decisions and on any other criteria the board considers necessary. The board is not required to take any specific action provided in the guidelines.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 532 (S.B. 303), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 82. LICENSING OF ATTORNEYS","SUBCHAPTER B. LICENSING OF ATTORNEYS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.82.htm#82.039","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e772fce1e5d170a93bd65e5f2a715ea492a086bf5da511f2ed1b71cc0fb6f14e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-82.038","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-82.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}