Bill Text: CA AB2254 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Attorneys: State Bar Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-27 - Read first time. [AB2254 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2254-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2254	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 6001 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to attorneys.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2254, as introduced, Donnelly. Attorneys: State Bar Act.
   Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensing and
regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California. Existing law
requires the State Bar to publicize to its members in the annual dues
statement and other appropriate communications that its members have
the right to limit the sale or disclosure of member information not
reasonably related to regulatory purposes. Existing law further
requires the State Bar, in those communications, to note the location
of its privacy policy and a simple procedure by which a member may
exercise his or her right to prohibit or restrict the sale or
disclosure of member information.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 6001 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6001.  The State Bar of California is a public corporation. It is
hereinafter designated as the State Bar.
   The State Bar has perpetual succession and a seal and it may sue
and be sued. It may, for the purpose of carrying into effect and
promoting its objectives:
   (a) Make contracts.
   (b) Borrow money, contract debts, issue bonds, notes and
debentures and secure the payment or performance of its obligations.
   (c) Own, hold, use, manage and deal in and with real and personal
property.
   (d) Construct, alter, maintain and repair buildings and other
improvements to real property.
   (e) Purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift,
bequest, devise or otherwise, any real or personal property or any
interest therein.
   (f) Sell, lease, exchange, convey, transfer, assign, encumber,
pledge, dispose of any of its real or personal property or any
interest therein, including without limitation all or any portion of
its income or revenues from membership fees paid or payable by
members.
   (g) Do all other acts incidental to the foregoing or necessary or
expedient for the administration of its affairs and the attainment of
its purposes.
   Pursuant to those powers enumerated in subdivisions (a) to (g),
inclusive, it is recognized that the State Bar has authority to raise
revenue in addition to that provided for in Section 6140 and other
statutory provisions. The State Bar is empowered to raise that
additional revenue by any lawful means, including, but not limited
to, the creation of foundations or not-for-profit corporations.
   The State Bar shall conspicuously publicize to its members in the
annual dues statement and other appropriate communications, including
its  Internet  Web site and electronic communications, that
its members have the right to limit the sale or disclosure of member
information not reasonably related to regulatory purposes. In those
communications the State Bar shall note the location of the State Bar'
s privacy policy, and shall also note the simple procedure by which a
member may exercise his or her right to prohibit or restrict, at the
member's option, the sale or disclosure of member information not
reasonably related to regulatory purposes. On or before May 1, 2005,
the State Bar shall report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on
Judiciary regarding the procedures that it has in place to ensure
that members can appropriately limit the use of their member
information not reasonably related to regulatory purposes, and the
number of members choosing to utilize these procedures.
   No law of this state restricting, or prescribing a mode of
procedure for the exercise of powers of state public bodies or state
agencies, or classes thereof, including, but not by way of
limitation, the provisions contained in Division 3 (commencing with
Section 11000), Division 4 (commencing with Section 16100), and Part
1 (commencing with Section 18000) and Part 2 (commencing with Section
18500) of Division 5, of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall be
applicable to the State Bar, unless the Legislature expressly so
declares.