Editor’s note: Texas Lawyer turned 25 on April 3. To mark our anniversary, each week the editorial department is looking back at the news we covered over the past 25 years and selecting one story to update for readers. This week, senior reporter John Council revisits an article in the Aug. 27, 1990, issue of Texas Lawyer, “Bar Looks at Reforms to Escape Sunset Ax.”
Every 12 years, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission reviews various state agencies to determine whether they should continue to exist. The commission holds hearings and accepts policy input from the public before making recommendations to the Texas Legislature about an agency’s survival. In 1990, it was the State Bar of Texas’ turn.
