BILL NUMBER: SB 1490	CHAPTERED  08/30/04

	CHAPTER  384
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 30, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 27, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 17, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Judiciary (Senators Escutia (Chair),
Cedillo, Ducheny, Kuehl, and Sher)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2004

   An act to amend Section 6140 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to attorneys.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1490, Committee on Judiciary.  State Bar of California:  annual
membership fee.
   Existing law authorizes the State Bar of California, until January
1, 2005, to charge an annual membership fee of up to $310 for active
members of the State Bar.
   This bill would extend the State Bar's authority to charge this
membership fee to January 1, 2006.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 6140 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6140.  (a) The board shall fix the annual membership fee for
active members at a sum not exceeding three hundred ten dollars
($310).
   (b) The annual membership fee for active members is payable on or
before the first day of February of each year.  If the board finds it
appropriate and feasible, it may provide by rule for payment of fees
on an installment basis with interest, by credit card, or other
means, and may charge members choosing any alternative method of
payment an additional fee to defray costs incurred by that election.

   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends
that date.