New York S 10053: Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a public service job

Status: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE (as of 2026-05-12)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 10053

Sponsors: Sam Sutton, Andrew Gounardes

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S10053 Summary:

BILL NOS10053 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSUTTON

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES

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Amd §468-a, Judy L

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Waives the biennial attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a public service job.

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BILL NOS10053 

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04/24/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/12/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10053

 IN SENATE

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to waiving the biennial
 attorney registration fee for New York attorneys who are employed in a
 public service job

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 468-a of the judiciary law, as
 2 amended by section 9 of part K of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 4. The biennial registration fee shall be three hundred seventy-five
 5 dollars, sixty dollars of which shall be allocated to and be deposited
 6 in a fund established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-sev-
 7 en-t of the state finance law, fifty dollars of which shall be allocated
 8 to and shall be deposited in a fund established pursuant to the
 9 provisions of section ninety-eight-b of the state finance law, twenty-
 10 five dollars of which shall be allocated to be deposited in a fund
 11 established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-eight-c of the
 12 state finance law, and the remainder of which shall be deposited in the
 13 attorney licensing fund. Such fee shall be required of every attorney
 14 who is admitted and licensed to practice law in this state, whether or
 15 not the attorney is engaged in the practice of law in this state or
 16 elsewhere, except attorneys who certify to the chief administrator of
 17 the courts that they have either retired from the practice of law or are
 18 employed in a public service job as defined by 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B).
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 21 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 22 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
 23 such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07902-01-5

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