CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 558Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Gloria, Salas, and Voepel)February 13, 2019 An act to amend Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 558, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. State Bar of California: service members: legal services.The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified.This bill would additionally require the State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified, and would define the terms veteran and service member for these purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 558Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Gloria, Salas, and Voepel)February 13, 2019 An act to amend Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 558, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. State Bar of California: service members: legal services.The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified.This bill would additionally require the State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified, and would define the terms veteran and service member for these purposes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 558
Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Gloria, Salas, and Voepel)February 13, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Gloria, Salas, and Voepel)
February 13, 2019
An act to amend Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 558, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. State Bar of California: service members: legal services.
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified.This bill would additionally require the State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified, and would define the terms veteran and service member for these purposes.
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified.
This bill would additionally require the State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified, and would define the terms veteran and service member for these purposes.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
SECTION 1. Section 6074 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
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6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
6074. (a) The State Bar shall administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services.
(b) The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services throughout the state.
(c) The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:
(1) Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans, veterans and service members, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its Internet Web site. internet website.
(2) Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to veterans in order to identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings no later than December 31, 2018, and posting the report on its Internet Web site. internet website.
(d) For the purposes of this section, both of the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Service member means a member of an active or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who is ordered into active duty pursuant to state or federal law.
(2) Veteran means any person who has served full time in the United States Armed Forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the United States Armed Forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.