BILL NUMBER: AB 645	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Niello

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 6795, 6799, 8801, and 8805 of the
Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations,
and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 645, as introduced, Niello. Professional engineers and land
surveyors: licensing.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
professional engineers and land surveyors by the Board of
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in the Department of
Consumer Affairs, and requires licenses issued by the board to be
renewed every 2 years. Existing law authorizes the board to fix
license application fees, up to specified maximum amounts, and
provides for other fees, the amounts of which are based on the amount
of the application fees. Those fees are deposited into the
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Fund, a continuously
appropriated fund.
   This bill would instead require licenses issued by the board to be
renewed every 4 years and would double the maximum amounts of the
license application fees. By increasing the amount of funds deposited
into a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an
appropriation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6795 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6795.  Certificates of registration as a professional engineer,
and certificates of authority, shall be valid for a period of
 two   four  years from the assigned date
of renewal.  Biennial   Quadrennial 
renewals shall be staggered on a monthly basis. To renew an unexpired
certificate, the certificate holder shall, on or before the date of
expiration indicated on the renewal receipt, apply for renewal on a
form prescribed by the board, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by
this chapter.
  SEC. 2.  Section 6799 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   6799.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
fixed by the board in accordance with the following schedule:
   (a) The fee for filing each application for licensure as a
professional engineer and each application for authority level
designation at not more than  four   eight 
hundred dollars  ($400)   ($800)  , and
for each application for certification as an engineer-in-training at
not more than  one   two  hundred dollars
 ($100)   ($200)  .
   (b) The temporary authorization fee for a professional engineer at
not more than 25 percent of the application fee in effect on the
date of application.
   (c) The renewal fee for each branch of professional engineering in
which licensure is held, and the renewal fee for each authority
level designation held, at no more than the professional engineer
application fee currently in effect.
   (d) The fee for a retired license at not more than 50 percent of
the professional engineer application fee in effect on the date of
application.
   (e) The delinquency fee at not more than 50 percent of the renewal
fee in effect on the date of reinstatement.
   (f) The board shall establish by regulation an appeal fee for
examination. The regulation shall include provisions for an applicant
to be reimbursed the appeal fee if the appeal results in passage of
examination. The fee charged shall be no more than the costs incurred
by the board.
   (g) All other document fees are to be set by the board by rule.
   Applicants wishing to be examined in more than one branch of
engineering shall be required to pay the additional fee for each
examination after the first.
  SEC. 3.  Section 8801 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8801.  Licenses issued under this chapter expire every 
two   four  years, if not renewed. 
Biennial   Quadrennial  renewals shall be staggered
on a quarterly basis. To renew an unexpired license the
licenseholder shall on or before the date of expiration indicated on
the renewal receipt, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the
board, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
  SEC. 4.  Section 8805 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8805.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
fixed by the board in accordance with the following schedule:
   (a) The fee for filing each application for licensure as a land
surveyor at not more than  four   eight 
hundred dollars  ($400)   ($800)  , and for
each application for certification as a land surveyor-in-training
(LSIT) at not more than  one  two  hundred
dollars  ($100)   ($200)  .
   (b) The renewal fee for a land surveyor at not more than the
application fee.
   (c) The fee for a retired license at not more than 50 percent of
the professional land surveyor application fee in effect on the date
of application.
   (d) The delinquency fee at not more than 50 percent of the renewal
fee in effect on the date of reinstatement.
   (e) The board shall establish by regulation an appeal fee for
examination. The regulation shall include provisions for an applicant
to be reimbursed the appeal fee if the appeal results in passage of
examination. The fee shall be no more than the costs incurred by the
board.
   (f) All other document fees are to be set by the board by rule.