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  89R2437 TSS-D     By: Hall S.B. No. 133       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to procedures for a complaint filed with the State Bar of   Texas against an attorney.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.075, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to   read as follows:          (b)  After the chief disciplinary counsel reviews and   investigates a complaint:                (1)  if the counsel finds there is no just cause, the   counsel shall place the complaint on a dismissal docket; or                (2)  if the counsel finds just cause and a stay is not   ordered under Subsection (e-1) :                      (A)  the respondent attorney may request a trial   in a district court on the complaint in accordance with the   procedures adopted by the supreme court; or                      (B)  the counsel shall place the complaint on a   hearing docket if the respondent attorney does not request a trial   in a district court.           (e-1)     After the chief disciplinary counsel reviews and   investigates a complaint and finds just cause, the supreme court,   on its own motion or the motion of the respondent attorney, may   order a stay and reconsider the counsel's finding. After reviewing   the complaint and investigation, the supreme court may place the   complaint on a dismissal docket or affirm the finding of just cause.           (e-2)     Unless a stay is ordered under Subsection (e-1), the   filing of a motion for stay and reconsideration under Subsection   (e-1) has no effect on a filing deadline or other time prescribed   for a trial or hearing under Subsection (b)(2). If the supreme court   does not grant or deny a motion for stay and reconsideration filed   under Subsection (e-1) on or before the 45th day after the date the   motion is filed, the motion is considered denied.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a grievance filed with the State Bar of Texas on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A grievance filed before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the   grievance was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.