OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

A,-~QRXEY GCNERAL 

Bonorable Robert i!. Rugher 

nJ l trict Attorney 

met JUdlCi~Y nistrict 

San Awwlo, Terre 

Be8r Mr. Rugheer Opinion Ue. 0-4MMSS 

Rbl wbetbor or 

l Seetlon 3. AlY 66r88ns wb6 a r e new or e 

hall hematter bemoensed te mr*otiee Yaw ia 

this State shall eonmtltute and be members ot 

the State liar, and she’ll be eubjeat to the BEridoo~ hereef and the-Lyle rdeated by the Bupram Court or Texava abd al 1 wroewr net mea- 
e mate Bar am berebv Mahlbit+ul Pmm 

t8w in thi8 ---_- State.. 

l l. Dae,n the Mate Dar Aat Art. 320-A ot 

the Rerired Chll Statutes super-de or repaal 

th8t p6rt al At% 430-A 0P the I%rtal Cob* hereinabove quoted? 

.f. la the drewlug oP oom6~auee tbe praotia6 et law? 

9. Is tRe State p6mttbd to bring imJuaotion altm ader the Mate Bar *et preventinK Hobrleo Publ le fnm dntiag txmvemneom when mm 

l w a r a m Per mmp 6nr tlent 

94. IO the Utat6 par4 ttml to brla# la&mutdoa nit* umeer the Btate Bar Act prerentiae Notar¶e8 tra drrrinu awnv6p8nces wh6n awn 6ra 

amwa wltbeut uempunmatlollTs 

Chapter 038 paaeed by the 434 T:e@mIrture at its RowZar Sewlen, 10fBs Artlole 4308 oP tbe Penal Code. Vemwm’m 

uodltiaatio& uehalnm the tellerlngr 

l lhuuon 1. It shall be rml6wPaf Par anr 

eorpontlaa tw any parran, tlm, or l msoalatlsn 

et permOnm# exaept natural p6rama who are mewberm et tba Bar reguYarYp admitted amd lfaenmadI 

to praatiee l*ums 

6aetien 3 deflnas tbe praetloe OP Iar and m6kea 

tollowing aueptienc 

gPmrld6d that aethlngs heroin daYI prsrent 

Ilekrlem Pllblie hen &raring 84naveyfUI~o for or 

without 8ompemmation.g 

the 

saetiam 8 provldem a p aaa lty le ter a dademaamor 

l g 6lne*any t persfm, tlm, uorperation or 8sroeiatSan 0P pstwnm riofatfns any 0P the prfwlslonm 0P the Art.* 

Fhe state Rar Act oi the 46th T.e&81aturet 1@3(1, 

er ea ttehe o Sta te Bar an l Wnl~8trrtire agener of the frtdioial 

Dqmttabat et tbe State. In Wetlen S the waberahip ni the 

Rfrte Dar ia defined and a prctrlaloa 1s mde that ‘a11 persons 

net memtherm aP the f&ate Bar are heraby prabibited from prab 

tlelnff Yaw in this Bt6ta9’ 
Bmrable RobettC* tfughe* * pqe f+ 

:' 

Seetlm 8 deelareo that8 

gA3l Yarn et prta ef Iara in coWllot 

with this Aet or with the mler and remlatjonr adopted tmdot this Ast ht the Supreme 

Court are hereby rep0Ue4-~ 

7be Rule8 gwarulnu tRe State. B8r et Teseo adapted 

by *Re (luprema Gnwt, in parmanse OP that datutery authority, re@8te the diotmrmaat , m~spenden me reprimaau at mamhers of the r;tata Barr and they 1100 oonkln aeeflena dcmlfn# 

81th the unaathorfxed praotloe at Yaw. Sestlon 31 dealarear 

%aeh grlevanee oaamitta0 map inatllmte and 

pmmeeute appropriate ultn or proeeedln*m, in 

the n&me aP the eomittee, et any member thereof, 

or any p8tty oewplalnla~~ as mar be l trloable In * t&e opinion ot the m~orlty oi tbe 0awdtt.00~ ta 

,’ auppmaer pmhlblt, or prevent am?~ aaautbori8ad 

.* -.* praatl6e of ths law, or mm7 ta k aeh e other l o tlr m 

as It daemm adviable under tbe alrematameee, 

uah as tRe flllng of srlmlaa1 ebar@eo or (MF 

pl8lnto. * l l 

glbesa Uuleo ah811 be atmwlative oP l Y1 lara 

0P t&e State relatiag ta the uaaulboriaed ew- tbe 

anlaaful praetlee et the 'In.' 

Neither the 6tibJtem nor tbe ITa? and re~?Btiom@ of 

tbe supreme Court pmwlded tbeteunder expreaoly mpea’l Attlsle 

32#a ot the l titutea (Vernon'0 oo0itleatlon), not do they eonhln any Iangage tR8t a0u3Q talrlf 'be heIn ta repeal tbst atatat. tvy lmplle4atlon. 

Tiepealm Yq laplleatl+m are net Parored. Ia at-dot fat 

there to be sneh repeal by implioetlnn, the two A&s mud be lnaendstent md IrreeonelYable tith eaoh other* se that ¶t would 

be lnpom~Ible Pot both ot than to be the Yaw at the oame time. 

Xelther the l tafutsa not the Rule@ oP the State BW pM+lde tor 

pmoecutlon af thecre t.~alewfuYly praatlab%l; 18~. kot the rules 

and reguletlnns do axpresnlf l ntboriae the ~tleraaoe Cemlttee 

t@ file fiuch pros@xitiane , end deolare that aeb nkfem ‘ahall be 

eumuYotlve nP sYY Yero of thin z3tat.e rolatlng to the umaatherlrwl 

Or the unlnvPn1 prmatioe nt the Isw, l thereEf+ lmpY,jSnu, it not deeYorlnR the oantlnued Poree and ePPeat of all exleting puul Y8Vr 

Fiklatlng to the t~?slrwfta1 praetiae~ 
:- 

Bornarable Robert C. Mu#ter - pa@ ~4 

,i.' 4 

,* 

, Prom rtdt,ve hors uld *t Poll~s that jaw Qnemtioa 

L&eulU be o.??aerod that the Stnte Bar Aot ln no rise repeala 

or-supersedom'Artlole 4%)-A, Vemoa’e Uodlflootkm nt the Peaq3, code. 

Ia Rnw8r to p8tF #b4estloa No. 4, It ie the opinion 

et thla lmariaent the dsu%ng at Inatrmmts bP eonve~ncer 

'Neb am deada~ aortgwrm, l aal@w~te, blllm et mleo, and the 

Ylker by a Ilatary Publie, mot a mbar or t.he State Bar, la 

n4t tbo praetlae oP 18x ultbln the monln(r bf the Fenal Code. 

It 10 apeelall7 exoepted therrtm. 

Tour Qwemtlbn 3 hould be earered la the atflrmatfre. 

The drawln~ b7 a lfoks-7 mblle CrP wnave7aneear auob aa we hire 

rantlemod above. rben &me tor the wblle upon 8 aowpenrtloa, 

uneeubtedlf la pr~atleln~ la8 ( 8nd that portion bi Beotlen a6 

et’ the alee and ra~latleam b7 the apeme Ootxrt governing the 

rrawthotlrw prwtiea ot law l utberiaem mu&i ~reaoedlu~s~ (so0 

O-MOO harewltb). 18 have aald that the drawing et wah oesre7- 

Ipleem by a Notary pllblle use not the praetlw ot yaw, +ithln the 

Penal etatntem, but it doeo~ met dollar tberePrm that the drawIns of mob aeate)aoea im net the prastlae oP law, as the l m 

la @atemod bf the State Rar Aof- It la the utereiae ot a pormltted slaerltioatlnn Pet lo@1 treatmont by the Leglolatute to 

~7 that lotrrles i%bllo ~7 aof do fborr, tRlX!#w, aad rr7 erea 

be enjeined tborefram, but 8t tbe awe tlmo Cs ma7* as the LeglsYaMme ham mid In the Pan81 Code, oeh Ietarimm shall not be 

-irbiIll orlriaol?~ therefer. S@e8 Tlgaor 70 State, (C.8.) 84 

Law Ed. 11%4. 

Mnall7, amwring pur Queatlan So. 4, we doubt 

wbether tbe atate Bar Ast authorlaem the br%nging qP lajunotian 

proemdingo l plmat Uetariee Publie Por drawing wmefuroer oamelon8117 l ncl without eoapenutlona Thlm would f1ard37 be l tbo 

pmetloe at lawgr wlthlu the wsmcmlpreeeptad undetrfmdlng ot 

that term. 

Very trnl7 7enrs 

ATTOllNJ$T GLWBAt. OF WCC@