BILL NUMBER: AB 1796	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to amend Section 6031 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to the State Bar.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1796, as introduced, Galgiani. State Bar of California: board
of governors.
   Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and
regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California. The State Bar
is governed by a board of trustees. Existing law prohibits the
board, except as specified, from conducting or participating in, or
authorizing any person or entity of the State Bar to conduct or
participate in, any evaluation, review, or report on the
qualifications, integrity, diligence, or judicial ability of any
specific justice of a court of appeal or the California Supreme
Court.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to that
provision.
   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 6031 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6031.  (a) The board may aid in all matters pertaining to the
advancement of the science of jurisprudence or to the improvement of
the administration of justice, including, but not  by way of
limitation   limited to  , all matters that may
advance the professional interests of the members of the State Bar
and such matters as concern the relations of the bar with the public.

   (b) Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law,
the board shall not conduct or participate in, or authorize any
committee, agency, employee, or commission of the State Bar to
conduct or participate in  ,  any evaluation, review, or
report on the qualifications, integrity, diligence, or judicial
ability of any specific justice of a court provided for in Section 2
or 3 of Article VI of the California Constitution without prior
review and statutory authorization by the Legislature.
   The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to
prohibit a member of the State Bar from conducting or participating
in such an evaluation, review, or report in his or her individual
capacity.
   The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to
prohibit an evaluation of potential judicial appointees or nominees
as authorized by Section 12011.5 of the Government Code.