File Code: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 587
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Smigiel, Dumais, Frank, Levi, McConkey, Shank, and Stocksdale
- Entitled:
-
Lawyers - Simultaneous Service As Counsel to Counties and Municipalities -
Prohibition
Prohibiting a lawyer from serving as legal counsel for a county in the
State while also serving as legal counsel for a municipal corporation
in the State; authorizing a specified court to issue a writ of
mandamus to command a person to comply with the Act; and providing
that a violation of the Act violates the Maryland Lawyers' Rules of
Professional Conduct and is subject to the disciplinary authority of a
duly organized bar association in the State.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Gerron S. Levi, District 23A
- Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Attorneys
- Attorney General
- Circuit Courts
- Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
- Discipline
- Ethics
- Jurisdiction
- Municipal Corporations -see also- Annap; Balt; Hager; OC
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Business Occupations and Professions
- (
10-603.1 ,
10-606
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
