File Code: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 887
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Pipkin
- 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.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
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
