BILL NUMBER: SB 641	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 641, as introduced, Corbett. 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. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the
State Bar to charge an annual membership fee to active members of up
to $315 for the year 2009.
   This bill would require the board to fix the annual membership fee
for active members for 2010 at a sum not to exceed $315.
   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  2009   2010  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,
 2010   2011  , and, as of that date, is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2010   2011  , deletes or
extends that date.