§ 6140.03

(a) The board shall increase each of the annual license fees fixed by Sections 6140 and 6141 by an additional forty dollars ($40), to be allocated only for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033, except to the extent that a licensee elects not to support those activities.

(b) The invoice provided to licensees for payment of the annual license fee shall provide each licensee the option of deducting forty dollars ($40) from the annual license fee if the licensee elects not to have this amount allocated for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033.

(c) The State Bar shall report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary by April 30, 2020, on the total amount of fees received pursuant to this section and Section 6033 and the percentage of licensees who elected to opt out of the fees under this section for the following periods:

(1) For the 2020 fee statement, funds received by April 15, 2020.

(2) For the 2019 fee statement, funds received by April 15, 2019.

(3) For the 2018 fee statement, funds received by April 15, 2018.

(4) For the 2017 fee statement, funds received by April 15, 2017.

(5) For the 2016 fee statement, funds received by April 15, 2016.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 698, Sec. 12. (SB 176) Effective January 1, 2020.)