HB 2343
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: JUD DP 8-0-0-1
HB 2343: legal document preparers; license requirements
Sponsor: Representative Hendrix, LD 14
Caucus & COW
Overview
Grants certified legal document preparers the ability to apply credit from a continuing
education program to both their state agency license renewal requirements and their
continuing legal education (CLE) activity requirements.
History
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-112.01, state bar members can earn dual credit for state agency
license renewal requirements and their annual CLE requirements if they attend a qualifying
continuing education program. To be eligible, the continuing education program must:
1) consist of an organized program of learning;
2) deal with matters directly related to the law;
3) follow an agenda; and
4) be accompanied by substantive or practical written materials or exercises.
Provisions
1. Permits certified legal document preparers to earn and apply dual credit, toward both
their state agency license renewal requirements and annual CLE requirements, from the
same continuing education activity. (Sec. 1)
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