Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 02, 2013 |
signed chap.22 |
Apr 26, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Apr 24, 2013 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.298 substituted for s2610 |
Jan 24, 2013 |
referred to judiciary delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 23, 2013 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.6 rules report cal.6 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 14, 2013 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 09, 2013 |
reference changed to judiciary referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A197
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRAUNSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
2013-A197 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2610
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§478, 484 & 485-a, Judy L
2013-A197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 197 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes 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 492 of the laws of 2012, 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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