Section 468-A. Biennial registration of attorneys

1. Every attorney and
  counsellor-at-law admitted to  practice  in  this  state  on  or  before
  January   first,   nineteen  hundred  eighty-two,  whether  resident  or
  nonresident, shall file  a  biennial  registration  statement  with  the
  administrative  office  of the courts on or before March first, nineteen
  hundred eighty-two in such form as the chief administrator of the courts
  shall prescribe. An attorney who is admitted to practice  after  January
  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two  and  on  or before January first,
  nineteen hundred eighty-six, shall file a registration statement  within
  sixty  days  after the date of admission. An attorney who is admitted to
  practice after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall  file  a
  registration  statement  prior  to  taking  the  constitutional  oath of
  office.
    2. Attorneys shall register biennially on the dates prescribed by  the
  chief  administrator. In the event of a change in information previously
  submitted, an attorney shall file an  amended  statement  within  thirty
  days of such change.
    3.  The  chief  administrator  shall  prescribe the form in which such
  registry of attorneys shall be maintained and the procedures for  public
  access  thereto,  and  may  make  all  such  other rules and regulations
  necessary and appropriate to implement and  enforce  the  provisions  of
  this section.
    4. The biennial registration fee shall be three hundred fifty dollars,
  sixty  dollars of which shall be allocated to and be deposited in a fund
  established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-seven-t of  the
  state  finance  law,  fifty  dollars  of which shall be allocated to and
  shall be deposited in a fund established pursuant to the  provisions  of
  section  ninety-eight-b  of  the  state finance law and the remainder of
  which shall be deposited in the attorney licensing fund. Such fee  shall
  be  required  of every attorney who is admitted and licensed to practice
  law in this state, whether  or  not  the  attorney  is  engaged  in  the
  practice of law in this state or elsewhere, except attorneys who certify
  to the chief administrator of the courts that they have retired from the
  practice of law.
    5.  Noncompliance  by  an attorney with the provisions of this section
  and the rules promulgated hereunder shall constitute conduct prejudicial
  to  the  administration  of  justice  and  shall  be  referred  to   the
  appropriate  appellate  division  of  the supreme court for disciplinary
  action.