ARTICLE 2. Administration [6010. - 6034.1.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34.

§§ 6010–6034.1 · 31 sections

§ 6010 (a) The State Bar is governed by a board known as the board of trustees of the State Bar. The board has the powers and duties conferred by this chapter. (b) As…
§ 6011 (a) The board shall appoint an executive director of the State Bar, who shall be responsible for the leadership and management of the State Bar according to…
§ 6012 (a) The board shall appoint a general counsel of the State Bar to serve as the chief legal advisor to the board on issues not related to attorney discipline.…
§ 6013.1 (a) The Supreme Court shall appoint five attorney members of the board pursuant to a process that the Supreme Court may prescribe. These attorney members shall…
§ 6013.3 (a) One attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Speaker…
§ 6013.5 (a) Effective January 1, 2018, a maximum of six members of the board shall be members of the public who have never been licensees of the State Bar or admitted…
§ 6013.5.5 Subdivision (c) of Section 450 and Sections 450.2 to 450.6, inclusive, shall apply to public members appointed or reappointed on or after January 1, 2012.
§ 6013.6 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any full-time employee of any public agency who serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of…
§ 6015 No person is eligible for attorney membership on the board unless both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) He or she is an active licensee of the…
§ 6016 (a) The term of office of each attorney member of the board shall be four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the term. (b) The board of…
§ 6016.2 (a) Each appointing authority may remove from office at any time any member of the board appointed by that authority for continued neglect of duties required…
§ 6019 Each place upon the board for which a member is to be appointed shall for the purposes of the appointment be deemed a separate office.
§ 6020 The officers of the State Bar are a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary.
§ 6021 (a) The selection of the chair and vice chair of the board shall be made by appointment of the Supreme Court. (b) The chair and the vice chair shall each be…
§ 6023 The officers of the State Bar shall continue in office until their successors are appointed or selected.
§ 6024 The chair shall preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and in the event of his or her absence or inability to act, the vice chair shall…
§ 6025 Subject to the laws of this state, the board may formulate and declare rules and regulations necessary or expedient for the carrying out of this chapter.
§ 6026.7 (a) The State Bar is subject 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…
§ 6026.11 The State Bar is subject to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and all public…
§ 6027 Special meetings of the State Bar may be held at such times and places as the board provides.
§ 6028 (a) The board may make appropriations and disbursements from the funds of the State Bar to pay all necessary expenses for effectuating the purposes of this…
§ 6029 (a) The board may appoint such committees, officers and employees as it deems necessary or proper, and fix and pay salaries and necessary expenses. (b) The…
§ 6030 The board shall be charged with the executive function of the State Bar and the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The violation or threatened…
§ 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. (b)…
§ 6031.5 (a) The California Lawyers Association and its activities shall not be funded with mandatory fees collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6140. The…
§ 6032 Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to collect, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection of its annual license fees,…
§ 6032.1 Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to collect, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection of its annual license fees,…
§ 6032.5 (a) The Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. (b) Funds from an IOLTA account that escheat to the…
§ 6033 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to facilitate the professional responsibilities of licensees by collecting, in…
§ 6034 (a) The State Bar of California is authorized and directed to participate as a state agency in the Interagency Intercept Collections Program established…
§ 6034.1 (a) Any entity of the State Bar of California exploring a regulatory sandbox shall do all of the following: (1) Prioritize protecting individuals, especially…