BILL NUMBER: SB 163	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 163, as introduced, Evans. Attorneys: annual membership fee.

   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 to charge
an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2011.
   This bill would require the board to charge that annual membership
fee for active members for 2012.
   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   2012  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   2013  , and, as of that date, is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2013  , deletes or
extends that date.