S.B. No. 416           relating to the composition of the board of directors of the State   Bar of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.020, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read   as follows:          (b)  The board is composed of:                (1)  the officers of the state bar;                (2)  the president, president-elect, and immediate   past president of the Texas Young Lawyers Association;                (3)  not more than 30 members of the state bar elected   by the membership from their district as determined by the board;                (4)  six persons appointed by the supreme court and   confirmed by the senate who are not attorneys and who do not have,   other than as consumers, a financial interest in the practice of   law; and                (5)  four at-large [minority member] directors   appointed by the president as provided by Subsections [Subsection]   (d) and (e).          (d)  The president of the state bar appoints the at-large   [minority member] directors, subject to confirmation by the board   of directors. In making appointments under this subsection, the   president shall [attempt to] appoint directors who demonstrate   knowledge gained from experience in the legal profession and   community necessary to ensure the board represents the interests of   attorneys from the varied backgrounds that compose the membership   of the state bar [members of the different minority groups listed in   Section 81.002(7)].          (e)  At-large [Minority member] directors serve three-year   terms. To be eligible for appointment as an at-large [a minority   member] director, at the time of appointment a person may [must:                [(1)  be a minority member of the bar;                [(2)]  not be serving as:                (1)  an elected director [at the time of appointment];   or                (2)  an at-large [and                [(3)  not be serving as a minority member] director [at   the time of appointment].          SECTION 2.  Section 81.002(7), Government Code, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Section 81.020, Government   Code, as amended by this Act, a minority member serving on the board   of directors of the State Bar of Texas on the effective date of this   Act continues to serve the term to which the director was appointed.     On expiration of the director's term, the president of the State Bar   of Texas shall appoint an at-large director as required by Section   81.020, Government Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 416 passed the Senate on   April 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1;   May 25, 2017, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and   requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2017, House   granted request of the Senate; May 28, 2017, Senate adopted   Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 31,   Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 416 passed the House, with   amendments, on May 18, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142,   Nays 4, two present not voting; May 26, 2017, House granted request   of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;   May 27, 2017, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the   following vote:  Yeas 113, Nays 32, four present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________               Date       ______________________________              Governor