Sec. 81.0875.  INITIATION OF RULE PROPOSAL PROCESS.  (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 Section 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.
(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.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 531 (S.B. 302), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017.