BILL NUMBER: AB 2685	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Judiciary (Feuer (Chair), Atkins,
Dickinson, Huber, Monning, and Wieckowski)

                        MARCH 12, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 6140 and 6141 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to attorneys.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2685, Committee on Judiciary. 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, 2013, requires the board to charge an
annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2012 minus
a specified $10 rebate. Existing law also requires the board to
charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75
minus a specified $10 rebate.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2014, require the board to
charge that annual membership fee for active members, and would
delete the provisions providing for a rebate for both active and
inactive members.


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 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2014, and, as of that date, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 6141 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6141.  (a)  Until December 31, 2006, the board shall fix the
annual membership fee for inactive members at a sum not exceeding
sixty-five dollars ($65). On January 1, 2007, and thereafter, the
board shall fix the annual membership fee for inactive members at a
sum not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75). The annual membership
fee for inactive members is payable on or before the first day of
February of each year.
   (b) An inactive member shall not be required to pay the annual
membership fee for inactive members for any calendar year following
the calendar year in which the member attains the age of 70 years.