BILL NUMBER: AB 991	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Gatto and Perea)
   (Coauthor: Senator Berryhill)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 12019.5 to the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 991, as introduced, Olsen. State government: licenses:
California Licensing and Permit Center.
   Existing law requires members of the public to obtain license,
permits, or to register with state agencies prior to undertaking
certain types of tasks.
   This bill would require the Governor to establish a Internet Web
site, known as the California Licensing and Permit Center (CLPC), to
assist the public with licensing, permitting, and registration
requirements of state agencies. This bill would require the Governor
to operate, via both e-mail and telephone methods, a help center to
assist applicants with licensing, permitting, and registration
requirements. This bill would require state agencies that the
Governor determines has licensing authority to cooperate with this
program by providing accurate updated information about their
licensing requirements.
   This bill would create the California License and Permit Fund in
the State Treasury, and require state agencies that are required to
participate in the CLPC to reallocate a portion of their operating
budget, as specified, to pay for the operating cost of the CLPC. This
bill would state that upon appropriation by the Legislature revenues
from the fund will be used only for purposes of the bill.
   This bill would require the CLPC to be provided to public free of
charge.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12019.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12019.5.  (a) The Governor, or his or her designee, shall, in
cooperation with the California Technology Agency, establish an
Internet Web site to assist the public with licensing, permitting,
and registration requirements. This Internet Web site shall be known
as the California Licensing and Permit Center (CLPC) and shall be
accessible from the Governor's Web site. This Internet Web site shall
contain information on licensing, permitting, and registration
requirements of state agencies, and shall include, but not be limited
to, information that does all of the following:
   (1) Assists potential applicants with identifying the type of
applications, forms, or other similar documents an applicant may
need.
   (2) Provides a digital copy of all state applications, forms, or
other similar documents.
   (3) Instructs potential applicants where to transmit applications,
forms, or other similar documents.
   (b) The Governor, or his or her designee, shall operate, via both
e-mail and telephone methods, a help center that will assist
applicants with licensing, permitting, and registration requirements.

   (c) The Governor, in cooperation with the California Technology
Agency, shall ensure that the Internet Web site is user friendly and
provides accurate, updated resources.
   (d) Each state agency that the Governor determines has licensing
authority shall participate fully with this program by providing
accurate updated information about its licensing requirements.
   (e) (1) The California License and Permit Fund is hereby created
in the State Treasury. Each state agency that is required to
participate in the CLPC shall reallocate funds annually from its
operating budget to the fund in the amount necessary to pay for the
agency's proportionate share of establishing and operating the CLPC.
   (2) All moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, be used by the Governor only for the purposes of this
section.
   (f) The CLPC shall be provided to the public free of any charges.