Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: allowing district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, and assistant district attorneys to engage in the private practice of law for certain civil purposes.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a full-time district attorney, deputy district attorney, or
assistant district attorney may not generally engage in the private practice of law
except to complete work in a civil case with which he or she was involved before
taking office, so long as that work is not in conflict with any interests of the district
attorney's county.
Under this bill, a full-time district attorney, deputy district attorney, or
assistant district attorney may also provide legal services to a person of limited
means or to a charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational
organization if the attorney provides the services without fee and the services are not
in conflict with the interests of the district attorney's county.
Sponsors
Full history
- Oct 27, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senator L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kessler, Horlacher, Jacque, Berceau, C. Taylor, Ohnstad, Subeck and Brostoff
- Oct 27, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1