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S1019...................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
IDAHO STATE BAR - Amends existing law to increase the maximum amount of a
certain assessment imposed on members of the Idaho State Bar.
01/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/22 Rpt prt - to Jud
01/30 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/31 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/03 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley,
McKenzie, McWilliams, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner,
Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Noble, Sorensen, Stennett
Floor Sponsor - Burkett
Title apvd - to House
02/04 House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/07 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-2-2
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg,
Lake, Langford, Langhorst(Wallace), Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley,
Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman,
Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Kulczyk, Sali
Absent and excused -- Crow, Harwood
Floor Sponsor - Smith(24)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/12 To enrol
03/13 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/14 Sp signed
03/17 To Governor
03/21 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 118
Effective: 07/01/03
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1019
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO LICENSE FEES FOR THE PRACTICE OF LAW; AMENDING SECTION 3-409,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE OBSOLETE VERBIAGE, TO CORRECT A DESIGNATION, TO
4 INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A CERTAIN ASSESSMENT IMPOSED ON MEMBERS OF
5 THE IDAHO STATE BAR AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 3-409, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 3-409. LICENSE FEES AND APPROPRIATIONS. Every person practicing, or hold-
10 ing himself out as practicing law within this state, or holding himself out to
11 the public as a person qualified to practice or carry on the calling of a law-
12 yer within this state, except state and United States judges of the courts of
13 record within this state, shall, prior to so doing and no later than February
14 1 of each year pay to the board of commissioners of the Idaho state bar as a
15 license fee the following amounts:
16 For the year 2000 and each year thereafter: For the calendar year of
17 admission to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted prior to
18 July 1: one hundred fifteen dollars ($115); For the calendar year of admission
19 to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted after July 1: sixty-
20 five dollars ($65.00); Each year for the next three (3) calendar years follow-
21 ing the calendar year of admission: two hundred thirty dollars ($230); Each
22 year after the third full year of admission three hundred fifteen dollars
23 ($315); Each year following the calendar year of the lawyer's seventy-second
24 birthday: fifty-five dollars ($55.00); Affiliate members for each calendar
25 year one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
26 For the year 2003 and each year thereafter: For the calendar year of
27 admission to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted prior to
28 July 1: one hundred forty dollars ($140); For the calendar year of admission
29 to the practice of law in the state of Idaho if admitted after July 1: ninety
30 dollars ($90.00); Each year for the next three (3) calendar years following
31 the calendar year of admission: two hundred fifty-five dollars ($255); Each
32 year after the third full year of admission: three hundred forty dollars
33 ($340); Each year following the calendar year of the lawyer's seventy-second
34 birthday: fifty-five dollars ($55.00); Affiliate members for each calendar
35 year: one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
36 The moneys thus collected, together with other revenues shall be adminis-
37 tered under the direction of the board of commissioners of the Idaho state bar
38 for the purpose of administering the Idaho state bar, encouraging local bar
39 associations, promoting legal education seminars, fostering relations between
40 the public and the bar and for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a
41 clients' security assistance fund which shall be administered by the Idaho
42 state bar commissioners under rules approved by the supreme court, provided
43 that the clients' security assistance fund shall be funded by assessment of
2
1 the members of the Idaho state bar not to exceed ten twenty dollars ($120.00)
2 per member per year, independent of the license fee. All moneys received and
3 expended by the commissioners of the Idaho state bar shall be audited annually
4 by a certified public accountant.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12585
This bill makes two changes concerning what is now known as the
Idaho State Bar s "Client Security Fund." The Fund is a trust fund,
collected from Idaho State Bar members on an annual basis, for the
purpose of reimbursing claimants for losses caused by the dishonest
conduct of lawyers. Idaho Code 3-409 currently permits the
assessment of lawyers of up to $10 per year for the Fund. This bill
would increase the amount that can be assessed to $20 per year.
The bill also changes the name of the Fund to the "Clients
Assistance Fund."
Finally, the bill deletes obsolete language about license fee
amounts from past years. It does not change the level of license
fees; it merely performs housekeeping language changes stemming
from an increase passed in the 2002 session.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the State as the Fund is a self-
contained trust fund that uses no general fund money.
Contact
Name: Michael Oths, Idaho State Bar
Phone: 334-4500
Senator Mike Burkett
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1019