California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - Administration

  • Section 6010.
    (a) The State Bar is governed by a board known as the board of trustees of the State Bar. The board has the powers and duties...
  • Section 6011.
    (a) The board shall consist of no more than 19 members and no fewer than 13 members.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board...
  • Section 6013.1.
    (a) The Supreme Court shall appoint five attorney members of the board pursuant to a process that the Supreme Court may prescribe. These attorney members shall...
  • Section 6013.3.
    (a) One attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one attorney member of the board shall be appointed...
  • Section 6013.5.
    (a) Effective January 1, 2018, a maximum of six members of the board shall be members of the public who have never been members of the...
  • Section 6013.5.5.
    Sections 450 to 450.6, inclusive, shall apply to public members appointed or reappointed on or after January 1, 2012.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 417, Sec....
  • Section 6013.6.
    (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any full-time employee of any public agency who serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the...
  • Section 6015.
    No person is eligible for attorney membership on the board unless both of the following conditions are satisfied:(a) He or she is an active member of...
  • Section 6016.
    The term of office of each attorney member of the board shall be four years and he or she shall hold office until his or...
  • Section 6019.
    Each place upon the board for which a member is to be appointed shall for the purposes of the appointment be deemed a separate office.(Amended...
  • Section 6020.
    The officers of the State Bar are a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 417, Sec. 25. (SB...
  • Section 6021.
    (a) On the effective date of the measure adding this subdivision, the selection of the chair and vice chair of the board shall be made by...
  • Section 6022.
    The secretary of the State Bar shall be selected annually by the board and need not be a member of the State Bar.(Amended by Stats....
  • Section 6023.
    The officers of the State Bar shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualify.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34.)
  • Section 6024.
    The president shall preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and in the event of his or her absence or...
  • Section 6025.
    Subject to the laws of this State, the board may formulate and declare rules and regulations necessary or expedient for the carrying out of this...
  • Section 6026.
    At the annual meeting, reports of the proceedings by the board since the last annual meeting, reports of other officers and committees and recommendations of...
  • Section 6026.7.
    (a) The State Bar is subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division...
  • Section 6026.11.
    The State Bar is subject to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the...
  • Section 6027.
    Special meetings of the State Bar may be held at such times and places as the board provides.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34.)
  • Section 6028.
    (a) The board may make appropriations and disbursements from the funds of the State Bar to pay all necessary expenses for effectuating the purposes of this...
  • Section 6029.
    (a) The board may appoint such committees, officers and employees as it deems necessary or proper, and fix and pay salaries and necessary expenses.(b) The members of...
  • Section 6030.
    The board shall be charged with the executive function of the State Bar and the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The violation or...
  • Section 6031.
    (a) The board may aid in all matters pertaining to the advancement of the science of jurisprudence or to the improvement of the administration of...
  • Section 6031.5.
    (a) The Association and its activities shall not be funded with mandatory fees collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6140.The State Bar may provide the...
  • Section 6032.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to collect, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection of its annual membership...
  • Section 6032.5.
    (a) The Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Account is hereby established within the State Treasury.(b) Funds from an IOLTA account that escheat to the state and are...
  • Section 6033.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to facilitate the professional responsibilities of members by collecting, in conjunction with the State Bar’s...
  • Section 6034.
    The State Bar of California is authorized and directed to participate as a state agency in the Interagency Intercept Collections Program established pursuant to Section...

Last modified: October 22, 2018