California’s state bar will ask lawmakers to hike fees for active lawyers by at least $100 annually to offset a projected operating deficit that bar leaders say will top $32 million by next year.

Bar trustees also want to charge lawyers $330 in one-time fees to pay for technology and building improvements as well as boosts in reserves and a fund that helps clients harmed by lawyers’ dishonesty or theft.

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