JurisdictionCaliforniaCode CORPCorporations Code - CORP
Div.2.
Title 1.DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW
Part 11.PART 11. NONPROFIT MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, OR LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS
Art. 3.ARTICLE 3. Nonprofit Corporation to Administer System of Defraying Cost of Professional Services of Attorneys
This text of California § 10830. (10830. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1305.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A nonprofit corporation may be formed under Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of this division for the purposes of administering a system or systems of defraying the cost of professional services of attorneys, but any such corporation may not engage directly or indirectly in the performance of the corporate purposes or objects unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a)The attorneys furnishing professional services pursuant to such system or systems are acting in compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of California concerning such system or systems.
(b)Membership in the corporation and an opportunity to render professional services upon a uniform basis are available to all active members of the State Bar.
(c)Voting by proxy and cumulative voting
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A nonprofit corporation may be formed under Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of this division for the purposes of administering a system or systems of defraying the cost of professional services of attorneys, but any such corporation may not engage directly or indirectly in the performance of the corporate purposes or objects unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a)
The attorneys furnishing professional services pursuant to such system or systems are acting in compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of California concerning such system or systems.
(b)
Membership in the corporation and an opportunity to render professional services upon a uniform basis are available to all active members of the State Bar.
(c)
Voting by proxy and cumulative voting are prohibited.
(d)
A certificate is issued to the corporation by the State Bar of California, finding compliance with the requirements of subdivisions (a), (b) and (c).
Any such corporation shall be subject to supervision by the State Bar of California and shall also be subject to Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of this division except as to matters specifically otherwise provided for in this article.