SB 244, 68th R.S.
Relating to the mandatory use of interest earned on certain client funds held by attorneys, law firms, or professional corporations engaged in the practice of law to provide legal services to the indigent in civil matters; to the deposit of the funds; to the creation and administration of a program by the Texas Supreme Court to carry out the purpose of Article 317a, Revised Statutes, and to the powers and duties of the court; to the formation, operation, powers, duties, and liability of a nonprofit corporation to be the recipient and disbursing agent for interest earned on client funds; and to liability of depository institutions.
| Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
| S | Filed | 01/25/1983 | |
| S | Read first time | 01/26/1983 | |
| S | Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence | 01/26/1983 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . | 02/15/1983 | |
| S | Considered by committee in public hearing | 02/15/1983 | |
| S | Testimony taken | 02/15/1983 | |
| S | Reported from committee favorably with amendments | 02/16/1983 | |
| S | Rules suspended | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Read second time | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Amended | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Passed to engrossment as amended | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/28/1983 | |
| S | Rules suspended | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Read third time | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Passed | 03/29/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/29/1983 | |
| H | Received from the Senate | 03/30/1983 | |
| H | Read first time | 04/05/1983 | |
| H | Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs | 04/05/1983 | |
| H | Considered by committee in public hearing | 04/19/1983 | |
| H | Reported from committee favorably without amendments | 04/19/1983 | |
| H | Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars | 04/25/1983 | |
| H | Placed on daily General State Calendar | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Read second time | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Amended | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Motion to table | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Passed to third reading as amended | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/03/1983 | |
| H | Read third time | 05/04/1983 | |
| H | Passed | 05/04/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/04/1983 | |
| H | Sent to the Senate as amended | 05/05/1983 | |
| S | House passage as amended reported | 05/05/1983 | |
| S | House amendment laid before the Senate | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Senate refuses to concur in House amendments | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Member vote recorded in Journal | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Conference committee requested | 05/09/1983 | |
| S | Senate conferees appointed | 05/09/1983 | |
| H | Senate refused to concur in House amendments | 05/09/1983 | |
| H | Senate granted request for conference committee | 05/09/1983 | |
| H | Senate conferees appointed | 05/09/1983 | |
| H | Conference committee requested | 05/17/1983 | |
| H | House conferees appointed | 05/17/1983 | |
| H | Rules suspended | 05/27/1983 | |
| S | Conference committee report read & filed | 05/27/1983 | |
| S | Senate adopts conference committee report | 05/30/1983 | |
| S | Record vote | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Senate adopted conference committee report | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Conference committee report submitted | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Point of order withdrawn | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | House refused to adopt conference committee report | 05/30/1983 | |
| H | Record vote | 05/30/1983 |
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