HB0204 - State bar license fees.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0406

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0204

 

 

State bar license fees.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; granting
 2  authority to the board of commissioners to determine
 3  attorney license fees as specified; removing provisions for
 4  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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