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California Business And Professions Code Section 6140.05

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(a) The invoice provided to members for payment of the
annual membership fee shall provide each member the option of
deducting five dollars ($5) from the annual fee if the member elects
not to support lobbying and related activities by the State Bar
outside of the parameters established by the United States Supreme
Court in Keller v. State Bar of California (1990) 496 U.S. 1.
   (b) For the support or defense of lobbying and related activities
conducted by the State Bar on or after January 1, 2000, outside of
the parameters of Keller v. State Bar of California, and in support
or defense of any litigation arising therefrom, the Board of
Governors of the State Bar shall not expend a sum exceeding the
following:  the product of the number of members paying their annual
dues who did not elect the optional deduction multiplied by five
dollars ($5).
   Moneys collected pursuant to this section shall not be deemed
voluntary fees or funds for the purpose of subdivision (c) of Section
6031.5.
   (c) As used in this section, "lobbying and related activities by
the State Bar" includes the consideration of measures by the Board of
Governors of the State Bar that are deemed outside the parameters
established in Keller v. State Bar, the purview determination,
lobbying and the preparation for lobbying of the measures, and any
litigation in support or defense of that lobbying.  The determination
of these costs shall include, but not be limited to, overhead and
administrative costs.

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