Bill Text: CA SB211 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Bar: board of trustees: reports: complaints: attorneys’ annual license fees: California Lawyers Association: Legal Services Trust Fund Commission: expenditure of funds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 723, Statutes of 2021. [SB211 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB211-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 21, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 14, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 09, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Umberg |
January 12, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6011 of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.SEC. 2.
Section 6056 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6056.
(a) The State Bar, acting pursuant to Section 6001, shall assist the Sections of the State Bar to incorporate as a private, nonprofit corporation organized under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and shall transfer the functions and activities of the 16 State Bar Sections and the California Young Lawyers Association to the new private, nonprofit corporation, to be called the California Lawyers Association. The California Lawyers Association shall be a voluntary association, shall not be a part of the State Bar, and shall not be funded in any way through mandatory fees collected by the State Bar. The California Lawyers Association shall have independent contracting authority and full control of its resources. The California Lawyers Association shall not be considered a state, local, or other public body for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).SEC. 3.
Section 6069.5 of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.SEC. 4.
Section 6140 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6140.
(a) The board shall fix the annual license fee for active licensees for 2022 at a sum not exceeding(a)The board shall increase each of the annual license fees fixed by Sections 6140 and 6141 by an additional forty-five dollars ($45), to be allocated only for the purposes established pursuant to subdivision (b) and Section 6033, except to the extent that a licensee elects not to support those activities.
(b)(1)Five dollars ($5) of the forty-five-dollar ($45) fee shall be allocated to qualified legal services projects or qualified support centers as defined in Section 6213 to hire law school graduates with a temporary provisional license issued by the State Bar. The State Bar shall not make any deductions from the five dollars ($5) for any reason, including, but
not limited to, administrative fees, costs, or expenses by the State Bar.
(2)Funds shall be allocated pursuant to a competitive grant process and not through the formula set forth in Section 6216.
(3)The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission in consultation with the board of trustees may create priorities for allocating the competitive grants.
(4)Any funds allocated under paragraph (1) remaining after the termination of the temporary provisional license program shall be reallocated only for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033.
(c)The invoice provided to licensees for payment of the annual license fee shall provide each licensee the option of
deducting forty-five dollars ($45) from the annual license fee if the licensee elects not to have this amount allocated for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033.
(d)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2024, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)The board shall increase each of the annual license fees fixed by Sections 6140 and 6141 by an additional forty dollars ($40), to be allocated only for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033, except to the extent that a licensee elects not to support those activities.
(b)The invoice provided to licensees for payment of the annual license fee shall provide each licensee the option of deducting forty dollars ($40) from the annual license fee if the licensee elects not to have this amount allocated for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033.
(c)This section shall become operative on January 1,
2024.