Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2738

BY: Representative Franks

     AMEND by inserting the following new subsection (2) after line 21 and renumbering the succeeding subsections:

     "(2)  An attorney who provides legal services to a client in connection with proceedings for the adoption of a child by the client, who does not receive, accept or provide custody or care for the child for the purposes specified in Section 43-15-103(c), shall not be required to have a license under this article to provide those legal services."

     AMEND FURTHER the title on line 4 by inserting the following language after the semicolon:  "TO PROVIDE THAT AN ATTORNEY WHO PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO A CLIENT IN CONNECTION WITH ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CLIENT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES;"