H.B. No. 1020         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1020 was passed by the House on March   30, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1020 was passed by the Senate on May   11, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor