BILL NUMBER: AB 2764	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Judiciary (Feuer (Chair), Brownley,
Evans, Jones, Lieu, and Monning)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2010

   An act to amend  Section 6140   Sections
6140, 6140.35, and 6140.36  of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to the State Bar Act.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2764, as amended, Committee on Judiciary. The State Bar Act:
fees.
   Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and
regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public
corporation  and the State Bar is governed by the Board of
Governors of the State Bar  . Existing law requires the Board of
Governors  of the State Bar  to charge an annual
membership fee for active members of up to $315 for the year 2010.
Existing law also requires the board to charge an annual membership
fee for inactive members of up to $75. Under existing law, these fees
are payable on or before the first day of March 2010.
   This bill would require the board to charge that annual membership
fee for active members for 2011. The bill would also specify that
the annual membership fee for active members and inactive members is
payable on or before the first day of February of each year. 
   Existing law, until January 1, 2011, authorizes the Board of
Governors to increase the annual membership fee for active members by
up to $10 in any year to be used for the costs of upgrading its
information technology system, and requires this additional amount to
be separately listed and described in the annual membership fee
invoice. Existing law also requires the board to report to the
Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary, on or before April 1,
2009, and twice thereafter as specified, on the use of these
additional funds.  
   This bill would extend the operation of the provision authorizing
an increase of the annual membership fee to January 1, 2014, and
would require the board to report on the use of these additional
funds on or before April 1, 2014. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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 for 2011 at a sum not exceeding three hundred fifteen
dollars ($315).
   (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,
2012, and, as of that date, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends
that date.
   SEC. 2.    Section 6140.35 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   6140.35.  (a) The board may increase the annual membership fee
fixed by Section 6140 by an additional amount not exceeding ten
dollars ($10). This additional amount may be used only for the costs
of upgrading the board's information technology system, including
purchasing and maintenance costs and both computer hardware and
software. This special assessment for information technology upgrades
shall be separately listed and described in the annual membership
fee invoice, which shall include notice of the repeal of this section
on January 1,  2011   2014  .
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2011   2014  , and, as of that date, is
repealed.
   SEC. 3.    Section 6140.36 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   6140.36.  (a) The board shall report to the Assembly Committee on
Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Judiciary on or before April 1,
 2009   2011  , and on or before April 1
of the succeeding two years, on the use of the funds authorized
pursuant to Section 6140.35.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2012   2014  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2014  , deletes or
extends that date.