SB 345, as introduced, Evans. Attorneys: annual membership fees.
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The State Bar is governed by a board of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2013.
This bill would, until January 1, 2015, require the board to charge that annual membership fee for active members.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 6140 of the Business and Professions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) The board shall fix the annual membership fee for
4active members forbegin delete 2013end deletebegin insert 2014end insert at a sum not exceeding three
5hundred fifteen dollars ($315).
6(b) The annual membership fee for active members is payable
7on or before the first day of February of each year. If the board
8finds it appropriate and feasible, it may provide by rule for payment
9of fees on an installment basis with interest, by credit card, or other
10means, and may charge members choosing any alternative method
P2 1of payment an additional fee to defray costs incurred by that
2election.
3(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,begin delete 2014end delete
4begin insert
2015end insert, and, as of that date, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
5that is enacted before January 1,begin delete 2014end deletebegin insert 2015end insert, deletes or extends
6that date.
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