Senate Bill S7488

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the attorney licensing fund

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7488 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §465, Judy L; add §94-c, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6500

2023-S7488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the deposit of bar admission fees into the attorney licensing fund.

2023-S7488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7488
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RYAN -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis-
   tration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law and the state finance law, in relation
   to the attorney licensing fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  465  of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  section  6  of part K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Every person applying for examination for admission to practice  as
 an  attorney  and  counselor at law shall pay a fee of two hundred fifty
 dollars, or seven hundred fifty dollars if, to qualify to take  the  bar
 examination,  the  person must satisfy the rules of the court of appeals
 for the admission of attorneys and counselors at law governing the study
 of law in a foreign country, for each taking or retaking of the examina-
 tion, or if dispensation has been received from the taking of the  exam-
 ination,  four  hundred  dollars  for credential review for admission on
 motion. All such fees shall be paid into  the  state  treasury  [in  the
 manner  provided by section one hundred twenty-one] AND THEREUPON TRANS-
 FERRED TO THE ATTORNEY LICENSING FUND  ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION  NINETY-
 FOUR-C of the state finance law.
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 94-c to
 read as follows:
   § 94-C. ATTORNEY LICENSING FUND. 1. THE  ATTORNEY  LICENSING  FUND  IS
 HEREBY  CONTINUED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF THAT PORTION OF  THE  BIENNIAL  ATTORNEY
 REGISTRATION  FEE  DEPOSITED  THEREIN  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE JUDICIARY LAW AND ANY OTHER MONEYS DEPOSITED THERE-
 IN OR TRANSFERRED THERETO PURSUANT TO LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03467-01-3
              

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