BILL NUMBER: AB 60INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gonzalez DECEMBER 10, 2014 An act to amend Section 6240 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to immigration services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 60, as introduced, Gonzalez. Immigration services: attorneys. Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law prohibits an attorney from demanding or accepting the advance payment of any funds from a person before the enactment of an immigration reform act, as defined, and requires any funds received during a specified time to be refunded to the client promptly, but no later than 30 days after the receipt of any funds, as provided. Existing law requires the State Bar to provide specified information relating to immigration reform act services on its Internet Web site. This bill would revise the definition of an immigration reform act to include Executive Order No. ____, issued by the President on ____, 2014, relating to immigration. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 6240 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 6240. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Immigration reform act"means any pending or future act of Congress that is enacted after the effective date of this section but before January 1, 2017, including, but not limited to, the federal act known as the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744, 2013), that authorizes an undocumented immigrant who either entered the United States without inspection or who did not depart after the expiration of a nonimmigrant visa, to attain a lawful status under federal law. The State Bar shall announce and post on its Internet Web site when an immigration reform act has been enacted.means either of the following: (1) Any pending or future act of Congress that is enacted after October 5, 2013, but before January 1, 2017, including, but not limited to, the federal act known as the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744, 2013), that authorizes an undocumented immigrant who either entered the United States without inspection or who did not depart after the expiration of a nonimmigrant visa, to attain a lawful status under federal law. The State Bar shall announce and post on its Internet Web site when an immigration reform act has been enacted. (2) Executive Order No. ____, issued by the President on ____, 2014, relating to immigration. (b) "Immigration reform act services" means services offered in connection with an immigration reform act that are necessary in the preparation of an application and other related initial processes in order for an undocumented immigrant, who either entered the United States without inspection or who did not depart after the expiration of a nonimmigrant visa, to attain a lawful status under an immigration reform act.