Bill > H1448

This bill proposes to amend Chapter 211 of the General Laws to add a new section that would prohibit the Board of Bar Overseers, the entity responsible for attorney regulation, from charging an annual registration fee to attorneys who have retired from practicing law. Additionally, the bill specifies that this exemption from registration fees would also apply to certain other individuals, including sitting judges, clerk-magistrates (officials who manage court dockets and administrative functions), federal clerks of court, chief deputy clerks and deputy clerks, employees of the General Court (the Massachusetts legislature), District Attorneys and their assistants, the Attorney General and their assistants, attorneys working for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (which provides legal representation to indigent individuals), and any attorneys employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who are not actively practicing law.