ARTICLE 8. Revenue

Article 8 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34.

§§ 6140–6145.1 · 31 sections

§ 6140 (a) The board shall fix the annual license fee for active licensees for 2026 at a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400). (b) The annual license fee for…
§ 6140.02 (a) The California Lawyers Association shall adopt a dues schedule for membership and shall provide that schedule to the State Bar by October 1 of each year.…
§ 6140.03 (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…
§ 6140.05 (a) At the election of the board, the invoice provided to licensees for payment of the annual license fee may provide each licensee the option of adding up to…
§ 6140.1 (a) The State Bar annually shall submit its adopted final budget by February 28, so that the budget can be reviewed and approved in conjunction with any bill…
§ 6140.10 (a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue to pay for lease costs associated with leasing space…
§ 6140.11 (a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue to fund the salaries and benefits of employees of…
§ 6140.12 The board shall complete and implement a five-year strategic plan to be updated every two years. In conjunction with the submission of the board’s adopted…
§ 6140.13 (a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue not to exceed the actual cost of administering…
§ 6140.14 (a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue not to exceed the actual cost of the pilot programs…
§ 6140.16 (a) To align its staffing with its mission to protect the public as provided in Section 6001.1 and to provide guidance to the State Bar and the Legislature in…
§ 6140.2 The State Bar shall set as a goal the improvement of its disciplinary system so that no more than six months will elapse from the receipt of complaints to the…
§ 6140.37 The State Bar shall have a preference for using in-house employees for information technology projects, whenever possible. Nothing in this section shall be…
§ 6140.5 (a) The board shall establish and administer a Client Security Fund to relieve or mitigate pecuniary losses caused by the dishonest conduct of licensees of the…
§ 6140.55 (a) The board may increase the annual license fees fixed by it pursuant to Section 6140 by an additional amount per active licensee not to exceed forty dollars…
§ 6140.56 (a) To ensure that the Client Security Fund can adequately protect the public and relieve or mitigate financial losses caused by the dishonest conduct of…
§ 6140.6 The board may increase the annual license fees fixed by Sections 6140 and 6141 by an additional amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) to be applied to…
§ 6140.7 Costs assessed against a licensee publicly reproved or suspended, where suspension is stayed and the licensee is not actually suspended, shall be added to and…
§ 6140.8 (a) Any order imposing upon a licensee public reproval, discipline, or accepting a resignation with a disciplinary matter pending, in which the licensee is…
§ 6140.9 (a) Moneys for the support of the program established pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 6230), treatment services for those who cannot afford to…
§ 6141 (a) The board shall fix the annual license fee for inactive licensees at a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). The annual license fee for inactive…
§ 6141.1 (a) The payment by any licensee of the annual license fee, any portion thereof, or any penalty thereon, may be waived by the board as it may provide by rule.…
§ 6141.3 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the State Bar shall provide offers of discounts and other benefits to active and inactive licensees of the State…
§ 6142 Upon the payment of the annual license fees, including any costs imposed pursuant to Section 6140.7, and penalties imposed pursuant to Section 6143, each…
§ 6143 Any licensee, active or inactive, failing to pay any fees, penalties, or costs after they become due, and after two months written notice of his or her…
§ 6143.5 Any licensee, active or inactive, failing to pay any child support after it becomes due shall be subject to Section 17520 of the Family Code.
§ 6144 (a) All fees shall be paid into the treasury of the State Bar, and, when so paid, shall become part of its funds. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and…
§ 6144.1 (a) The net proceeds from the sale of real property, after payment of obligations and encumbrances and reasonable costs of acquiring and relocating its…
§ 6144.5 It is the intent of the Legislature to confirm, validate, and declare effective the annual license fees, and all augmentations, including, but not limited to,…
§ 6145 (a) The board shall engage the services of an independent national or regional public accounting firm with at least five years of experience in governmental…
§ 6145.1 (a) (1) The California State Bar shall prepare a report providing written justification for how it would use revenue generated by an increase in the mandatory…