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Assembly Bill A7527

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the attorney licensing fund

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2019-A7527 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §94-c, St Fin L

2019-A7527 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the attorney licensing fund; establishes that the fund shall be available for the judiciary in operating its candidate examination, candidate fitness, and attorney disciplinary programs.

2019-A7527 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7527
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. QUART, DINOWITZ -- (at request of the Office of
   Court Administration) -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to the attorney
   licensing fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 94-c to read as follows:
   § 94-C. ATTORNEY LICENSING FUND. 1. THE  ATTORNEY  LICENSING  FUND  IS
 HEREBY  CONTINUED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF THAT PORTION OF  THE  BIENNIAL  ATTORNEY
 REGISTRATION  FEE  DEPOSITED  THEREIN  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE JUDICIARY LAW AND ANY OTHER MONEYS DEPOSITED THERE-
 IN PURSUANT TO LAW.
   3. ALL MONEYS IN THE  ATTORNEY  LICENSING  FUND  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE,
 SUBJECT  TO  APPROPRIATION AND IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER MONEYS AVAILABLE
 PURSUANT TO LAW, FOR THE PAYMENT OF SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE JUDICI-
 ARY IN OPERATING ITS CANDIDATE EXAMINATION (STATE BOARD OF  LAW  EXAMIN-
 ERS), CANDIDATE FITNESS (COMMITTEES ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS) AND ATTOR-
 NEY  DISCIPLINARY  PROGRAMS  PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY OF THE JUDICIARY
 LAW, INCLUDING LIABILITIES INCURRED IN A PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
   4. ALL PAYMENTS OF MONEYS FROM THE ATTORNEY LICENSING  FUND  SHALL  BE
 MADE  ON  THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED
 AND APPROVED BY THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10254-02-9

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