The State Bar of Texas wants the Texas Office of the Attorney General to interpret the State Bar Act to determine whether a president-elect candidate nominated outside the Bar’s regular process still must follow the Bar’selection rules.
Each year, the Bar’s Nominations and Elections Subcommittee recommends two candidates, and the Bar’s board of directors votes to nominate them. But Texas Government Code §81.019 the State Bar Act says a lawyer also may become a candidate if he or she collects petitions signed by 5 percent of the Bar’s active membership and submits them 30 days before the election.
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