BILL NUMBER: AB 2596	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 6031 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to attorneys.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2596, as introduced, Feuer. The State Bar of California.
   Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and
regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California. The State Bar
is governed by a board of trustees of the State Bar. Existing law
authorizes the board of trustees to aid in all matters pertaining to
the advancement of the science of jurisprudence or to the improvement
of the administration of justice, including, but not limited to, all
matters that may advance the professional interests of the members
of the State Bar such matters that concern the relations of the State
Bar with the public.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   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 6031 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6031.  (a) The board may aid in all matters pertaining to the
advancement of the science of jurisprudence or to the improvement of
the administration of justice, including, but not by way of
limitation, all matters that may advance the professional interests
of the members of the State Bar and such matters as concern the
relations of the  bar   State Bar  with the
public.
   (b) Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law,
the board shall not conduct or participate in, or authorize any
committee, agency, employee, or commission of the State Bar to
conduct or participate in any evaluation, review, or report on the
qualifications, integrity, diligence, or judicial ability of any
specific justice of a court provided for in Section 2 or 3 of Article
VI of the California Constitution without prior review and statutory
authorization by the Legislature.
   The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to
prohibit a member of the State Bar from conducting or participating
in such an evaluation, review, or report in his or her individual
capacity.
   The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to
prohibit an evaluation of potential judicial appointees or nominees
as authorized by Section 12011.5 of the Government Code.