BILL NUMBER: AB 1515 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gonzalez JANUARY 15, 2014 An act to amend Section 6077 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to attorneys. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1515, as introduced, Gonzalez. Attorneys: suspension from practice. Under existing law, when a member of the State Bar willfully breaches any of the rules of professional conduct, the Board of Governors of the State Bar may discipline the member or recommend to the Supreme Court that the member be suspended for no longer than 3 years. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. 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 6077 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 6077. (a) The rules of professional conduct adopted by the board, when approved by the Supreme Court, are binding upon all members of the State Bar.For(b) For awilfulwillful breach of any of these rules, the board has power to discipline members of the State Bar by reproval, public or private, or to recommend to the Supreme Court the suspension of members of the State Bar from practice for a period not exceeding three yearsof members of the State Bar.