California Business and Professions Code

§ 6225

BPC § 6225 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 14

Statute text

The Board of Trustees of the State Bar shall adopt the regulations and procedures necessary to implement this article and to ensure that the funds allocated herein are utilized to provide civil legal services to indigent persons, especially underserved client groups such as but not limited to the elderly, the disabled, juveniles, and non-English-speaking persons. In adopting the regulations the Board of Trustees shall comply with the following procedures:

(a)The board shall publish a preliminary draft of the regulations and procedures, which shall be distributed, together with notice of the hearings required by subdivision (b), to commercial banking institutions, to licensees of the State Bar, and to potential recipients of funds.

(b)The board shall hold at least two public hearings, one in southern California and one in northern California where affected and interested parties shall be afforded an opportunity to present oral and written testimony regarding the proposed regulations and procedures.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 141. (AB 3249) Effective January 1, 2019.