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Assembly Bill A4645

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for an open book bar examination

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2021-A4645 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5324
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460, Judy L

2021-A4645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for an open book bar examination when the governor has declared a state disaster emergency and allows the state board of law examiners to promulgate rules and regulations as necessary.

2021-A4645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4645
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing for an  open
   book bar examination
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 460 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 226
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 460. Examination and admission of attorneys.  1.  An  applicant  for
 admission  to  practice as an attorney or counsellor in this state, must
 be examined and licensed to practice as prescribed in this  chapter  and
 in  the  rules  of  the court of appeals.   Race, creed, color, national
 origin, alienage or sex shall  constitute  no  cause  for  refusing  any
 person examination or admission to practice.
   2. IF THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO
 SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL BE
 CONDUCTED IN AN OPEN BOOK FORMAT. THE STATE BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS SHALL
 PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  AS  NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT   THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07525-02-1

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