BILL NUMBER: SB 345	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 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  2013   2014  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,
 2014   2015  , and, as of that date, is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2014   2015  , deletes or
extends that date.