HB0204 - State bar license fees.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0406 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0204
State bar license fees.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Rose and Nicholas
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
professions and occupations; granting
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authority to the board of commissioners to determine
3 attorney
license fees as specified; removing provisions for
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nonpayment of fees; and providing for an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section 1. W.S. 33-5-116(a) is amended to read:
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10 33-5-116. Payment of annual license
fee; fiscal year
11 of state bar.
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13 (a) All members
of the state bar shall by the second
14 week of October pay to the treasurer of the
state bar, as a
15 license fee for the ensuing year, a sum not to exceed two 16
hundred twenty-five
dollars ($225.00) an amount to
be set 17 established
by the board of commissioners of the Wyoming
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1 state
bar pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201. If any member has been 2
admitted to practice law in this or
some other state for a 3
time less than five (5) years, the
license fee shall be 4
one-half (1/2) of the regular license
fee. Honorary and
5 retired
members may be exempted completely from the payment
6 of
any fees or allowed to pay less than the regular license
7 fee
in the discretion of the Wyoming state bar board of
8 commissioners. Fees shall constitute a fund to be
held and
9 disbursed
by the treasurer upon order of the board. The 10
second week in
September in each year the 11
secretary-treasurer
shall send a written statement of the 12
amount of the
license fee to each member of the state bar. 13
If any member
remains in default on December 1, the 14
secretary-treasurer
shall certify the delinquency to the 15
judge of the
district court of the judicial district in 16
which the
delinquent member resides. The judge shall issue 17
a citation
returnable within twenty (20) days to show cause 18
why the
delinquent member should not be suspended from the 19
practice of law
in this state. If good cause is not shown 20
the delinquent
member shall be suspended while in default 21
of payment and
an order of suspension shall be certified to 22
the supreme
court. If upon hearing, the judge of the 23
district court
determines that the member in default is 24
unable to pay
his license fee, the judge may suspend in
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1 whole or in part the payment for that year by order 2
certified to the supreme court.
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4 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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6 (END)
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