OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
A,-~QRXEY GCNERAL
Bonorable Robert i!. Rugher
nJ ltrict Attorney
met JUdlCi~Y nistrict
San Awwlo, Terre
Be8r Mr. Rugheer Opinion Ue. 0-4MMSS
Rbl wbetbor or
lSeetlon 3. AlY 66r88ns wb6 a r enew or e
hall hematter bemoensed te mr*otiee Yaw ia
this State shall eonmtltute and be members ot
the State liar, and she’ll be eubjeat to the BE-
ridoo~ hereef and the-Lyle rdeated by the Bu-
pram Court or Texava abd al 1 wroewr net mea-
e mate Bar am berebv Mahlbit+ul Pmm
t8w in thi8 State..
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ll. Dae,nth eMate Dar Aat Art. 320-A ot
the Rerired Chll Statutes super-de or repaal
th8t p6rt al At% 430-A 0P the I%rtal Cob* here-
inabove quoted?
.f. la the drewlug oP oom6~auee tbe prao-
tia6 et law?
9. Is tRe State p6mttbd to bring imJuao-
tion altm ader the Mate Bar *et preventinK Ho-
brleo Publ le fnm dntiag txmvemneom when mm
lw a r a m P e r mmp 6nr tlent
94. IO th e Utat6 par4 ttml to brla# la&mu-
tdoa nit* umeer the Btate Bar Act prerentiae No-
tar¶e8 tra drrrinu awnv6p8nceswh6n awn 6ra
amwa wltbeut uempunmatlollTs
Chapter 038 paaeed by the 434 T:e@mIrture at its Row-
Zar Sewlen, 10fBs Artlole 4308 oP tbe Penal Code. Vemwm’m
uodltiaatio& uehalnm the tellerlngr
llhuuon 1. It shall be rml6wPaf Par anr
eorpontlaa tw any parran, tlm, o r lmsoalatlsn
et permOnm# exaept natural p6rama who are mew-
berm et tba Bar reguYarYp admitted amd lfaenmadI
to praatiee l*ums
6aetien 3 deflnas tbe praetloe OP Iar and m6kea the
tollowing aueptienc
gPmrld6d that aethlngs heroin daYI prsrent
Ilekrlem Pllbliehen &raring84naveyfUI~o for or
without 8ompemmation.g
saetiam 8 provldem a p a a a lty
le ter a dademaamor
*any persfm,
lg 6lnet tlm, uorperation or 8sroeiatSan 0P pst-
wnm riofatfns any 0P the prfwlslonm 0P the Art.*
Fhe state Rar Act oi the 46th T.e&81aturet 1@3(1,
er ea teo
th eSta teBar an lWnl~8trrtire agener of the frtdioial
Dqmttabat et tbe State. In Wetlen S the waberahip ni the
Rfrte Dar ia defined and a prctrlaloa 1s mde that ‘a11 persons
net memtherm aP the f&ate Bar are heraby prabibited from prab
tlelnff Yaw in this Bt6ta9’
Bmrable RobettC* tfughe* * pqe f+
:'
Seetlm 8 deelareo that8
gA3l Yarn et prta ef Iara in coWllot
with this Aet or with the mler and remla-
tjonr adopted tmdot this Ast ht the Supreme
Court are hereby rep0Ue4-~
7be Rule8 gwarulnu tRe State.B8r et Teseo adapted
by *Re (luprema Gnwt, in parmanse OP that datutery author-
ity, re@8te the diotmrmaat , m~spenden me reprimaau at mam-
hers of the r;tata Barr and they 1100 oonkln aeeflena dcmlfn#
81th the unaathorfxedpraotloe at Yaw. Sestlon 31 dealarear
%aeh grlevanee oaamitta0 map inatllmte and
pmmeeute appropriate ultn or proeeedln*m, in
the n&me aP the eomittee, et any member thereof,
or any p8tty oewplalnla~~ as mar be ltrloable In
* t&e opinion ot the m~orlty oi tbe 0awdtt.00~ ta
,’ auppmaer pmhlblt, or prevent am?~ aaautbori8ad
.* -.* praatl6e of ths law, or mm7ta k aehe other lo tlr m
as It daemmadviable under tbe alrematameee,
uah as tRe flllng of srlmlaa1 ebar@eo or (MF
pl8lnto. * l l
glbesa Uuleo ah811 be atmwlative oP lY1 lara
0P t&e State relatiag ta the uaaulboriaed ew- tbe
anlaaful praetlee et the 'In.'
Neither the 6tibJtem nor tbe ITa? and re~?Btiom@ of
tbe supreme Court pmwlded tbeteunder expreaoly mpea’l Attlsle
32#a ot the ltitutea (Vernon'0 oo0itleatlon), not do they eon-
hln any Iangage tR8t a0u3Q talrlf 'be heIn ta repeal tbst atat-
at. tvy lmplle4atlon.
TiepealmYq laplleatl+m are net Parored.
Ia at-dot fat
there to be sneh repeal by implioetlnn, the two A&s mud be ln-
aendstent md IrreeonelYable tith eaoh other* se that ¶t would
be lnpom~Ible Pot both ot than to be the Yaw at the oame time.
Xelther the ltafutsa not the Rule@ oP the State BW pM+lde tor
pmoecutlon af thecre t.~alewfuYly praatlab%l; 18~. kot the rules
and reguletlnns do axpresnlf lntboriae the ~tleraaoe Cemlttee
t@ file fiuch pros@xitiane , end deolare that aeb nkfem ‘ahall be
eumuYotlve nP sYY Yero of thin z3tat.e rolatlng to the umaatherlrwl
Or the unlnvPn1 prmatioe nt the Isw, l thereEf+ lmpY,jSnu, it not de-
eYorlnR the oantlnued Poree and ePPeat of all exleting puul Y8Vr
Fiklatlng to the t~?slrwfta1 praetiae~
:-
Bornarable
Robert C. Mu#ter - pa@ ~4
,i.'4
,*
, Prom rtdt,ve hors uld *t Poll~s that jaw Qnemtioa
L&eulU be o.??aerodthat the Stnte Bar Aot ln no rise repeala
or-supersedom'Artlole 4%)-A, Vemoa’e Uodlflootkm nt the Pe-
aq3, code.
Ia Rnw8r to p8tF #b4estloa No. 4, It ie the opinion
et thla lmariaent the dsu%ng at Inatrmmts bP eonve~ncer
'Neb am deada~ aortgwrm, laal@w~te, blllm et mleo, and the
Ylker by a Ilatary Publie, mot a mbar or t.he State Bar, la
n4t tbo praetlae oP 18x ultbln the monln(r bf the Fenal Code.
It 10 apeelall7exoepted therrtm.
Tour Qwemtlbn 3 hould be earered la the atflrmatfre.
The drawln~ b7 a lfoks-7mblle CrPwnave7aneearauob aa we hire
rantlemod above. rben &me tor the wblle upon 8 aowpenrtloa,
uneeubtedlf la pr~atleln~ la8( 8nd that portionbi Beotlen a6
et’ the alee and ra~latleam b7 the apeme Ootxrt governing the
rrawthotlrw prwtiea ot law lutberiaem mu&i ~reaoedlu~s~ (so0
O-MOO harewltb). 18 have aald that the drawing et wah oesre7-
Ipleemby a Notary pllblleuse not the praetlw ot yaw, +ithln the
Penal etatntem, but it doeo~met dollar tberePrm that the draw-
Ins of mob aeate)aoea im net the prastlae oP law, as the lm
la @atemod bf the State Rar Aof- It la the utereiae ot a por-
mltted slaerltioatlnnPet lo@1 treatmont by the Leglolatute to
~7 that lotrrles i%bllo ~7 aof do fborr,tRlX!#w,aad rr7 erea
be enjeined tborefram, but 8t tbe awe tlmo Cs ma7* as the Legls-
YaMme ham mid In the Pan81 Code, oeh Ietarimm shall not be
-irbiIll orlriaol?~ therefer. S@e8 Tlgaor 70 State, (C.8.) 84
Law Ed. 11%4.
Mnall7, amwring pur Queatlan So. 4, we doubt
wbether tbe atate Bar Ast authorlaem the br%nging qP lajunotian
proemdingo lplmat Uetariee Publie Por drawing wmefuroer oa-
melon8117 lncl without eoapenutlona Thlm would f1ard37be ltb o
pmetloe at lawgr wlthlu the wsmcmlpreeeptad undetrfmdlng ot
that term.
Very trnl7 7enrs
ATTOllNJ$T
GLWBAt. OF WCC@