S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 602.10109, Code 2018, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 602.10109 Practitioners from other states jurisdictions . 3 Any person who is a resident of this state, and has been 4 admitted to the bar of any other state in the United States or , 5 the District of Columbia , or territory of the United States , 6 may, in the discretion of the court, be admitted to practice in 7 this state without examination or proof of a period of study. 8 The person, in the application for admission to practice law 9 in this state, in addition to all other requirements stated in 10 this chapter , shall establish that the person has practiced law 11 for five full years under license in such jurisdiction within 12 the seven years immediately preceding the date of application 13 and still holds a license to practice law. The teaching of law 14 as a full-time instructor in a recognized law school in this 15 state or some other state shall for the purpose of this section 16 be deemed the practice of law. Any person who has discharged 17 actual legal duties as a member of the armed services of 18 the United States shall be deemed to have practiced law for 19 the purposes of this section if certified to as such by the 20 judge advocate general of the service. The court may charge 21 an investigation fee based upon the cost of conducting the 22 investigation as determined by the court. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill authorizes the admission to practice law in this 27 state without examination of an applicant who is a resident of 28 this state authorized to practice law in a territory of the 29 United States in the same manner as the admission of applicants 30 authorized to practice law in any other state or the District 31 of Columbia. 32 -1- LSB 5288XD (3) 87 ec/rj 1/ 1