Bill > H461

This bill proposes to amend Chapter 211 of the General Laws to add a new section that prohibits the Board of Bar Overseers, the body responsible for attorney regulation in Massachusetts, from charging an annual registration fee to certain individuals who are no longer actively practicing law. Specifically, this exemption would apply to retired attorneys, sitting judges, clerk-magistrates (as defined by a specific Supreme Judicial Court rule), federal clerks of court, chief deputy clerks and deputy clerks, employees of the Massachusetts General Court, District Attorneys and their assistants, the Attorney General and their assistants, attorneys working for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, and any attorneys employed by the Commonwealth who do not engage in private legal practice. The intent is to relieve these individuals from the financial burden of registration fees when they are not actively representing clients or practicing law.