Arizona 2024 2024 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1471 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/04/2024

                    Senate Engrossed   technical correction; tax refund account     (now: complaints; state bar members; dismissal)       State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024           SENATE BILL 1471                    An Act   amending title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-119.06; relating to the supreme court.      (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

Senate Engrossed   technical correction; tax refund account
(now: complaints; state bar members; dismissal)       State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
SENATE BILL 1471

Senate Engrossed

 

technical correction; tax refund account

(now: complaints; state bar members; dismissal)

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SENATE BILL 1471

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-119.06; relating to the supreme court. 

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-119.06, to read: START_STATUTE12-119.06. Complaints against state bar members; dismissal The state bar of Arizona and the supreme court shall dismiss without comment or investigation all complaints made against an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Arizona if both of the following apply: 1. The complainant alleges that the attorney has violated a rule of professional conduct or has engaged in other conduct warranting discipline. 2. The complainant does not have an attorney-client relationship with the attorney or another substantial nexus to the attorney's alleged violation or conduct. END_STATUTE 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-119.06, to read:

START_STATUTE12-119.06. Complaints against state bar members; dismissal

The state bar of Arizona and the supreme court shall dismiss without comment or investigation all complaints made against an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Arizona if both of the following apply:

1. The complainant alleges that the attorney has violated a rule of professional conduct or has engaged in other conduct warranting discipline.

2. The complainant does not have an attorney-client relationship with the attorney or another substantial nexus to the attorney's alleged violation or conduct. END_STATUTE