Sec. 572.0251. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CONTINUANCES    


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  • A member or member-elect of the legislature licensed to practice law in this state who represents a party to a civil or criminal case for compensation and on that party's behalf applies for or obtains a legislative continuance under Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or under another law or rule that requires or permits a court to grant a continuance on the grounds that an attorney for a party is a member or member-elect of the legislature shall report on the financial statement:

    (1) the name of the party represented;

    (2) the date on which the member or member-elect was retained to represent the party;

    (3) the style and cause number of the action in which the continuance was sought and the court and jurisdiction in which the action was pending when the continuance was sought;

    (4) the date on which the member or member-elect applied for a continuance; and

    (5) whether the continuance was granted.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 5.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.