ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP FEES AND DUES
Section 1. The fiscal year of the Association shall be the calendar year.
Section 2. Each application for membership in the Association shall be accompanied
by an initiation fee in an amount determined by the Board of Directors. If the applicant
is not elected to membership, the initiation fee shall be returned. The initiation
fee may be waived for new members as determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Each member of the Association, unless the dues are waived by the Board
of Directors as hereinafter provided, shall pay annually an amount to be determined
by the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the membership after written
notice thereof, plus the current amount of the Pennsylvania Bar Association dues
of the member in said Association. Said amount shall be due and payable in advance
on the first day of January of each year. New members shall not be required to pay
dues for the period of the quarter of the fiscal year in which they are admitted
to membership.
Section 4. Members who have not paid their current dues within ninety (90) days
after billing shall be reported, at the end of the period, by the Treasurer to the
Board of Directors, who shall consider the matter at its first meeting thereafter.
The delinquent members shall have written notice of arrearages mailed to them by
the Treasurer. Delinquent members, at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors
held not less than sixty (60) days after such notice, upon action by the Board of
Directors, shall have their membership forfeited and be stricken from the rolls
by the Secretary. Such former members shall be reinstated only upon the payment
of the respective arrearage.
Section 5. Any member of the Association in good standing may have the Dauphin County
Bar Association dues waived or reduced annually by and at the sole discretion of
the Board of Directors upon cause shown.
Section 6. Any member who resigns, withdraws or for any reason whatsoever ceases
to be a member of the Association, shall automatically surrender the proportionate
share or equity, if any, in the funds, assets or property of the Association.
Section 7. If a member should be disbarred, suspended from the practice of law or
shall resign from the Bar while under disciplinary investigation, the member shall
be deemed to be expelled from the Association forthwith. The expelled member shall
be advised, in writing, that this action has been taken and that, upon request,
the matter may be appealed by a written demand for a hearing at the next meeting
of the Board of Directors.
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