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31 entriesSection 6140Sets the 2026 annual license fee for active State Bar licensees at no more than $400, payable by the Bar-set date at…Section 6140.02Requires the California Lawyers Association to give the State Bar its annual dues schedule by October 1 and makes association and section…Section 6140.03Requires a $45 increase in annual license fees, subject to a licensee opt-out, with $10 reserved for legal-services fellowships and no State…Section 6140.05Allows the annual State Bar fee invoice to offer licensees an optional contribution of up to $5 for lobbying and related activities…Section 6140.1Requires the State Bar to submit its adopted final budget annually by February 28, together with the proposed following-year budget, program and…Section 6140.10Allows the State Bar to collect, in addition to other fees, up to $15 annually from each active licensee and $3.50 from…Section 6140.11Allows the State Bar to collect additional annual fees up to $52 from each active licensee and $14 from each inactive licensee…Section 6140.12Requires the board to complete and implement a five-year strategic plan and update it every two years. With the board’s adopted final…Section 6140.13Allows the State Bar to collect additional annual fees, capped at actual administration cost, of up to $5.50 from each active licensee…Section 6140.14Allows the State Bar to charge annual disciplinary-diversion fees up to $5.50 per active licensee and $1.25 per inactive licensee, limited to…Section 6140.16Requires the State Bar to develop and implement a discipline-system workforce plan, conduct a public-sector compensation and benefits study, establish backlog and…Section 6140.2Sets State Bar disciplinary-system goals of resolving ordinary complaints within six months after receipt by dismissal, attorney admonishment, or formal charges, and…Section 6140.37Sets a State Bar preference for using in-house employees for information technology projects whenever possible. Limits that preference so the provision cannot…Section 6140.5Establishes a discretionary Client Security Fund for losses caused by dishonest conduct of covered lawyers and registrants and subrogates the State Bar…Section 6140.55Allows the board to add up to $40 to each active annual license fee and $10 to each inactive fee, solely for…Section 6140.56Requires the State Bar to analyze Client Security Fund operations, claim needs, attorney collections, reducible expenditures, and whether higher license fees are…Section 6140.6Allows the board to increase the annual license fees fixed by the specified provisions by an additional amount of no more than…Section 6140.7Requires discipline costs assessed against a publicly reproved licensee or one whose stayed suspension does not result in actual suspension to be…Section 6140.8Allows restitution ordered with public reproval, discipline, or a disciplinary resignation to be enforced by the payee as a money judgment, reduced…Section 6140.9Sets annual program fees of $10 for active and $5 for inactive licensees, except in 2020, when they are $1 and $0,…Section 6141Limits the annual inactive State Bar license fee to $100 and requires payment by the State Bar-set date, which must be at…Section 6141.1Allows the board by rule to waive annual State Bar license fees or penalties and to require tax returns or other financial…Section 6141.3Requires the State Bar to provide affinity benefits through December 31, 2018 and insurance programs afterward, allocating 2018 revenue 50% to the…Section 6142Requires each State Bar licensee who pays the annual license fees, specified costs, and applicable penalties to receive a certificate issued under…Section 6143Requires suspension of an active or inactive State Bar license when fees, penalties, or costs remain unpaid after becoming due and after…Section 6143.5Requires any active or inactive State Bar licensee who fails to pay child support after it becomes due to be subject to…Section 6144Requires all fees generally to be paid into the State Bar treasury and become State Bar funds. Excepts fees paid under the…Section 6144.1Limits net proceeds from State Bar real-property sales to being held until legislative approval by statute, while requiring net lease proceeds to…Section 6144.5Establishes legislative intent to confirm, validate, and declare effective the annual State Bar license fees and all augmentations fixed and collected by…Section 6145Requires annual independent financial audits by a firm with at least five years of governmental-audit experience, with certified results due by May…Section 6145.1Requires the State Bar to justify any mandatory annual license-fee increase, including calculations, program needs, and planned uses for each $25 active-license…