85R2380 DMS-F     By: Smithee H.B. No. 1020       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to volunteer practice by an inactive member of the State   Bar of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.053(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  An inactive member may not practice law in this state,   except as provided by rule promulgated by the supreme court for   volunteer practice, and may not hold an office in the state bar[,]   or vote in any election conducted by the state bar.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.