BILL NUMBER: AB 1822	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bill Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to add Section 5515.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1822, as introduced, Bill Berryhill. California Architects
Board.
   Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects
Board, which consists of 5 architect members appointed by the
Governor, 3 public members appointed by the Governor, and 2 public
members appointed by the Legislature, as specified. Existing law
requires these members to serve 4-year terms.
   This bill would provide for the staggering of the terms of the
members appointed by the Governor whose terms commence on specified
dates by requiring certain of those members to serve 5- and 6-year
terms, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5515.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   5515.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 130 or 5515, the following
provisions shall apply:
   (1) Of the three licensed members appointed by the Governor whose
terms commence on July 1, 2013, the term of two members shall expire
on June 30, 2017, and the term of one member shall expire on June 30,
2019.
   (2) Of the two licensed members appointed by the Governor whose
terms commence on July 1, 2014, the term of one member shall expire
on June 30, 2018, and the term of the other member shall expire on
June 30, 2020.
   (3) The term of the public member appointed by the Governor that
commences on July 1, 2014, shall expire on June 30, 2019.
   (4) Of the two public members appointed by the Governor whose
terms commence on July 1, 2016, the term of one member shall expire
on June 30, 2020, and the term of the other member shall expire on
June 30, 2021.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), this section shall not
be construed to affect the application of Section 130 or 5515 to the
terms of a current or future member of the board.