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Jun 15, 2010 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 10, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 09, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 08, 2010 |
1st report cal.822 |
Jan 26, 2010 |
reported and committed to codes |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to judiciary returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 04, 2009 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 23, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 11, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 10, 2009 |
1st report cal.21 |
Jan 27, 2009 |
reported and committed to codes |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S41
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S41 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S41 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S41 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to practicing or appearing as an attorney-at-law without being admitted and registered PURPOSE : The purpose of this legislation is to amend the Judiciary Law to make the unlawful practice of law a class E felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this legislation would amend section 478 of the Judiciary Law to provide that any person practicing or appearing as an attorney-at-law or as an attorney and counselor-at-law (or equivalent terms) without having first been duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of record of this state, and without having taken the constitutional oath would be guilty of a class E felony. Section two would amend section 485 of the Judiciary Law, to remove section 478 from the sections which if violated would constitute a misdemeanor. EXISTING LAW : Currently, those persons who hold themselves out as an attorney-at-law
2009-S41 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 41 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to practicing or appear- ing as an attorney-at-law without being admitted and registered THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 478 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: S 478. Practicing or appearing as attorney-at-law without being admit- ted and registered. It shall be unlawful for any natural person to prac- tice or appear as an attorney-at-law or as an attorney and counselor-at- law for a person other than himself OR HERSELF in a court of record in this state, or to furnish attorneys or counsel or an attorney and coun- sel to render legal services, or to hold himself OR HERSELF out to the public as being entitled to practice law as aforesaid, or in any other manner, or to assume to be an attorney or counselor-at-law, or to assume, use, or advertise the title of lawyer, or attorney and counse- lor-at-law, or attorney-at-law or counselor-at-law, or attorney, or counselor, or attorney and counselor, or equivalent terms in any language, in such manner as to convey the impression that he OR SHE is a legal practitioner of law or in any manner to advertise that he OR SHE either alone or together with any other persons or person has, owns, conducts or maintains a law office or law and collection office, or office of any kind for the practice of law, without having first been duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of record of this state, and without having taken the constitutional oath. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be held to apply (1) to officers of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly appointed, when exercising the special powers conferred upon such corporations under section fourteen hundred three of the not- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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