HB0140 • 2016

Attorneys at law amendments.

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; amending provisions related to attorneys at law; amending compensation provisions for members of the state board of law examiners; amending fee provisions for admission to the bar of this state; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

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Sponsor: Representative Brown
Last action: 2016-03-07
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2016

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HB0140HS001

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Adopted

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Bill History

2016-03-07 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2016-03-04 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0044
2016-03-03 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0044
2016-03-02 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0044
2016-03-02 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0044
2016-03-02 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0
2016-03-01 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2016-02-29 Senate
S COW:Passed
2016-02-26 Senate
S Placed on General File
2016-02-26 Senate
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2016-02-24 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2016-02-24 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2016-02-23 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-3-0-0-0
2016-02-22 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2016-02-19 House
H 2nd Reading:Laid Back
2016-02-18 House
H COW:Passed
2016-02-18 House
Amendment Adopted
2016-02-16 House
H Placed on General File
2016-02-16 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-0-1-0-0
2016-02-12 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 58-1-1-0-0
2016-02-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2016-02-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115

Bill No.:
HB0140
Effective
:
7/1/2016

LSO No.:
16LSO-0339

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0044

Chapter No.:
75

Prime Sponsor:
Brown

Catch Title:
Attorneys at law amendments.

Subject:
State board of law examiners

Su
mmary/Major Elements:

This bill
amends compensation and reimbursement provisions concerning
members of the S
ta
te Board of Law Examiners.

The Supreme C
ourt will now determine
members’
compensation and reimbursement
according to rules adopted for that purpose.

This act
continuously appropriates funds
from bar application fees
to the State Board of Law E
xaminers and
allows those funds to be used for
costs associated with administering attorney admissions and other regulatory functions
,
pursuant to ru
les promulgated by the Supreme C
ourt.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0140

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2016 Budget Session

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 33
‑
5
‑
103
and 33
‑
5
‑
106

are
amended to read:

33
‑
5
‑
103
.

State board of law examiners;
compensation
.

T
he members of the state board of law examiners shall
receive as compensation ten dollars ($10.00) for each day necessarily employed in attending the meetings of the board, and shall also receive per diem and mileage as provided in W.S. 33
‑
1
‑
302(a)(vii). The expenses of the board and its members in the performance of their duties and the compensation of its members shall be paid out of the state treasury upon an itemized voucher duly verified and accompanied by a certificate signed by a majority of the members of the board showing that the expense has been actually and properly incurred in the performance of the duties devolving upon the board, or that the compensation has been duly earned, as the case may be. Upon the presentation of the voucher and certificate, the auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the amount thereof in favor of the proper person. However, the aggregate expenditures and salaries of the state board of law examiners shall not exceed the amount of revenue collected by the board

be
compensated
and reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties

as determined
by the supreme court
.

33
‑
5
‑
106
.

Applications for admission to bar; fees; disposition of fees.

Every applicant for admission to the bar of this state shall pay a fee as set by the
Wyoming
supreme court
.

pursuant
to W.S. 33
‑
1
‑
201 at the time of filing the application.
On payment of one (1) fee by applicants for admission by examination the applicant shall be entitled to two (2) examinations when the second is applied for not later than one (1) year after having taken the first.
The payment of the fee shall also entitle the applicant, upon being admitted, to a certificate of admission.
All money shall be received and collected as provided by law. The state treasurer shall place the money to the credit of a separate account.
Interest earned by the account shall be retained in the account. All money within the account is continuously appropriated to the state board of law examiners and shall be applied to the direct and indirect costs of administering attorney admissions and other regulatory functions pursuant to rules promulgated by the
supreme court
. Except as otherwise required in this chapter, itemized vouchers shall be submitted to the board's executive director or chairman for approval. Upon approval, a warrant for the payment of each voucher shall be issued by the state auditor for payment from the account.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk