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Article: Board to debate fee increase.
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- December 1, 2000
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It's been 11 years since the last one, but at its December 15 meeting in Coral Gables the Bar Board of Governors will consider asking the Supreme Court to raise annual membership fees.
The board will also take on several other issues, including three proposed ethics opinions relating to duties of attorneys hired by insurance companies to represent policyholders.
The Budget Committee, citing declining reserves and the need to meet new challenges, has proposed raising annual fees from $190 to $265 for active members and from $140 to $175 for inactive members. The board needs to act in December in order to give the Bar time to petition the Supreme Court for ...