Amended in Senate May 13, 2015

Senate Bill No. 134

Introduced by Senator Hertzberg

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Alejo)

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(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Jackson, Leno, Pavley, and Wieckowski)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Santiago, and Steinorth)

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January 22, 2015

An act to amend begin insert Section 69741.5 of the Education Code, and to amend end insert Section 6032 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to attorneys.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 134, as amended, Hertzberg. State Bar of California: voluntary fee begin delete collection. end delete begin insert collection: loan repayment program. end insert

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 authorizes the State Bar to collect annual membership dues and voluntary fees, as specified. Existing law creates the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program, which is administered by the Student Aid Commission, to provide loan repayment assistance for licensed attorneys who practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law in California. begin insert Existing law limits the warrants that the commission may award for the assumption of loans pursuant to that program to the number authorized in the annual Budget Act for the applicable fiscal year. end insert

This bill would expressly authorize the State Bar to collect voluntary fees on behalf of, and for the purpose of funding, the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program. begin insert The bill would repeal the limit on the number of warrants the commission may issue, as described above. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 69741.5 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended
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69741.5.  

begin delete (a) end delete begin delete   end delete Participants in this program are eligible for a
maximum of eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) in loan assistance
for four years, as follows:

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(1)

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begin insert (a) end insert  For the first year, two thousand dollars ($2,000) in loan
repayment assistance.

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(2)

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begin insert (b) end insert  For the second, third, and fourth years, three thousand dollars
($3,000) in loan repayment assistance for each year.

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any fiscal
year, the commission shall award no more than the number of
warrants that are authorized in the annual Budget Act for that fiscal
year for the assumption of loans pursuant to this article.

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Section 6032 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:

6032.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
State Bar is expressly authorized to collect, in conjunction with
the State Bar’s collection of its annual membership dues, voluntary
fees on behalf of, and for the purpose of funding, the California
Supreme Court Historical Society, which advances the science of
jurisprudence by preserving and disseminating to the general public
the history of the Supreme Court and the begin delete Judicial Branch. end delete begin insert judicial
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly
authorized to collect, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection
of its annual membership dues, voluntary fees on behalf of, and
for the purpose of funding, the Public Interest Attorney Loan
Repayment Program (Article 12 (commencing with Section 69740)
of Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education
Code), which provides loan assistance to licensed attorneys who
practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law in
this state.