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Section 1. No Voting Members The Corporation shall have no voting members within the meaning of the Nonprofit Corporation Law. The Corporation’s board of directors may, in its discretion, admit individuals to one or more classes of nonvoting members; the class or classes shall have such rights and obligations the board finds appropriate. Actions that would otherwise require membership approval require only board approval, and the rights that would otherwise vest in the members are vested in the directors. The Corporation may refer to persons associated with it as “members,” even though those persons are not voting members, but no such reference shall constitute anyone as a member within the meaning of the Corporations Code §7310. These persons may include the following: (a) Regular Member: a practicing lawyer who is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of California or the highest court of any state within the United States or within the District of Columbia. (b) Judicial Member: A judge (including an administrative law judge, magistrate, magistrate judge, or full time commissioner) sitting in any state or federal court or agency in the State of California or within the United States or within the District of Columbia. (c) Retired Member: A person who has been a regular member of the ASL for not less than 1 year and has substantially retired from the practice of law. (d) Student Member: A person who has entered the second year of study in law school in the State of California or within the United States or within the District of Columbia is eligible to be a student member during his or her enrollment and for a period of seven months following graduation. (e) Inactive Member: A person who has the status of inactive (rather than active lawyer) under the rules of the State Bar of California or the state bar of that members state. (f) Honorary Member: A person admitted to practice before the highest court of any state within the United States or the District of Columbia, or any foreign country and distinguished for eminence in the law or other notable public service related thereto may be elected to honorary membership by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE VI MEMBERSHIP FEES, DUES, AND ASSESSMENTS Section 1. Admission Fee Each class of members, as those persons are defined in Section 1 of Article V of these bylaws, must pay, within the time and on the conditions set by the board, the annual dues, fees, and assessments in amounts to be fixed from time to time by the board. The board may, in its discretion, set different dues, fees, and assessments for each class of “members.” Each applicant for membership shall tender with an application the necessary monies to satisfy any admission fee requirement for membership. Said fees shall be in the amount most recently fixed by the board of directors, and may be waived in its discretion. |
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