AB 2696, as introduced, Gonzalez. Attorneys.
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The act requires a person who wishes to practice law in this state to, among other things, pass the general bar examination or the Attorneys’ Examination given by the examining committee.
Existing law provides that any unsuccessful applicant for admission to practice, after he or she has taken any examination and within 4 months after the results have been declared, has the right to inspect his or her examination papers and the grading of those papers, as specified. Existing law also provides that the applicant has the right to inspect the grading of the papers whether a record of the grade is marked upon the examination or otherwise.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this 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 6065 of the Business and Professions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) begin delete(1)end deletebegin delete end deletebegin deleteAny end deletebegin insertAn end insertunsuccessful applicant for admission to
4practice, after he or she has taken any examination and within four
5months after the resultsbegin delete thereofend delete have been declared, has the right
6to inspect his or her examination papers at the office of the
7examining committee located nearest to the place at which the
8applicant took the examination.
9(2)
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10begin insert(b)end insert The applicant also has the right to inspect the grading of the
11papers whetherbegin delete theend deletebegin insert aend insert recordbegin delete thereofend deletebegin insert of the gradeend insert is marked upon
12the examination or otherwise.
13(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2009.
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