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H0628................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
ATTORNEYS - LICENSE - Amends existing law to revise the licensing fees of
the Idaho State Bar Association for the admission to the practice of law in
the state of Idaho.
02/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/20 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/21 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-5-1
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block, Boe,
Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg(Duncan), Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, Meyer, Montgomery, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson,
Stone, Tilman, Trail, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, McKague, Sali, Wheeler, Wood
Absent and excused -- Mortensen
Floor Sponsor - Smith(23)
Title apvd - to Senate
02/27 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia,
Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Davis
Title apvd - to House
03/14 To enrol
03/15 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
Pres signed
03/15 To Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 138
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 628
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO FEES OF THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION; AMENDING SECTION 3-409, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO DELETE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE LICENSING FEES OF THE
4 IDAHO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 2003 AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 3-409, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 3-409. LICENSE FEES AND APPROPRIATIONS. Every person practicing, or hold-
9 ing himself out as practicing law within this state, or holding himself out to
10 the public as a person qualified to practice or carry on the calling of a law-
11 yer within this state, except state and United States judges of the courts of
12 record within this state, shall, prior to so doing and no later than February
13 1 of each year pay to the board of commissioners of the Idaho state bar as a
14 license fee the following amounts:
15 For the year 1999: For the calendar year of admission to the practice of
16 law in the state of Idaho if admitted prior to July 1: one hundred dollars
17 ($100); For the calendar year of admission to the practice of law in the state
18 of Idaho if admitted after July 1: sixty dollars ($60.00); Each year for the
19 next three (3) calendar years following the calendar year of admission: two
20 hundred five dollars ($205); Each year after the third full year of admission:
21 two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275); Each year following the calendar year
22 of the lawyer's seventy-second birthday: fifty dollars ($50.00); Affiliate
23 members for each calendar year: one hundred five dollars ($105).
24 For the year 2000 and each year thereafter: For the calendar year of
25 admission to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted prior to
26 July 1: one hundred fifteen dollars ($115); For the calendar year of admission
27 to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted after July 1: sixty-
28 five dollars ($65.00); Each year for the next three (3) calendar years follow-
29 ing the calendar year of admission: two hundred thirty dollars ($230); Each
30 year after the third full year of admission three hundred fifteen dollars
31 ($315); Each year following the calendar year of the lawyer's seventy-second
32 birthday: fifty-five dollars ($55.00); Affiliate members for each calendar
33 year one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
34 For the year 2003 and each year thereafter: For the calendar year of
35 admission to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted prior to
36 July 1: one hundred forty dollars ($140); For the calendar year of admission
37 to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted after July 1: ninety
38 dollars ($90.00); Each year for the next three (3) calendar years following
39 the calendar year of admission: two hundred fifty-five dollars ($255); Each
40 year after the third full year of admission three hundred forty dollars
41 ($340); Each year following the calendar year of the lawyer's seventy-second
42 birthday: fifty-five dollars ($55.00); Affiliate members for each calendar
43 year one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
2
1 The moneys thus collected, together with other revenues shall be adminis-
2 tered under the direction of the board of commissioners of the Idaho state bar
3 for the purpose of administering the Idaho state bar, encouraging local bar
4 associations, promoting legal education seminars, fostering relations between
5 the public and the bar and for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a
6 clients' security fund which shall be administered by the Idaho state bar com-
7 missioners under rules approved by the supreme court, provided that the cli-
8 ents' security fund shall be funded by assessment of the members of the Idaho
9 state bar not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per member per year, independent
10 of the license fee. All moneys received and expended by the commissioners of
11 the Idaho state bar shall be audited annually by a certified public accoun-
12 tant.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11987
Amends existing law to revise licensing fees of the Idaho State Bar
Association for the year 2003 and each year thereafter. This law
sets fees for the calendar year of admission to the practice of law
in the State of Idaho, if admitted prior to July 1, at one hundred
forty dollars ($140.00). For the calendar year of admission to the
practice of law in the State of Idaho, if admitted after July, the
fee is ninety dollars ($90.00). For the next three (3) calendar
years following the calendar year of admission the fee shall be two
hundred fifty five dollars ($255.00) for each year. After the third
full year of admission, the fee shall be three hundred forty
dollars ($340.00). For each year following the calendar year of the
lawyer’s seventy-second birthday the fee will be fifty-five dollars
($55.00). Affiliate members shall pay a fee of $120.00 for each
calendar year. For those categories that are increased, the
additional amount is $25.00 per year.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.
Contact
Name: Rep Leon Smith
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 628