85R5875 YDB-F     By: Smithee H.B. No. 3199       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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 outreach [minority member] directors   appointed by the president as provided by Subsections [Subsection]   (d) and (e).          (d)  The president of the state bar appoints the outreach   [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 the   sensitivity and knowledge gained from experiences 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, including members of historically   underrepresented [members of the different minority] groups   [listed in Section 81.002(7)].          (e)  Outreach [Minority member] directors serve three-year   terms. To be eligible for appointment as an outreach [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 outreach [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  Section 81.002(7), Government Code, is repealed.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 outreach 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.