BILL NUMBER: AB 1904	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Block, Butler, and Cook

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Section 115.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1904, as introduced, Block. Professions and vocations: military
spouses: temporary licenses.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal
licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other
requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another
jurisdiction, as specified. Under existing law, licensing fees
imposed by certain boards within the department are deposited in
funds that are continuously appropriated.
   This bill would authorize a board within the department to issue a
temporary license to an applicant who, among other requirements,
holds an equivalent license in another jurisdiction, as specified,
and is married to, or in a legal union with, an active duty member of
the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty
station in California under official active duty military orders. The
bill would require a board to expedite the process for issuing these
temporary licenses. The bill would require the applicant to pay any
fees required by the board and would require that those fees be
deposited in the fund used by the board to administer its licensing
program. To the extent that the bill would increase the amount of
money 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 115.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   115.5.  (a) A board within the department may issue a temporary
license to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements:
   (1) Submits an application in the manner prescribed by the board.
   (2) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant
is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active
duty military orders.
   (3) Holds a current license in another state, district, or
territory of the United States with the requirements that the board
determines are substantially equivalent to those established under
this code for that occupation.
   (4) Has not committed an act in any jurisdiction that would have
constituted grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of the
license under this code at the time the act was committed.
   (5) Has not been disciplined by a licensing entity in another
jurisdiction and is not the subject of an unresolved complaint,
review procedure, or disciplinary proceeding conducted by a licensing
entity in another jurisdiction.
   (6) Pays any fees required by the board. Those fees shall be
deposited in the applicable fund or account used by the board to
administer its licensing program.
   (7) Submits fingerprints and any applicable fingerprinting fee in
the manner required of an applicant for a regular license.
   (b) A board shall expedite the procedure for issuing a temporary
license pursuant to this section.
   (c) A temporary license issued under this section shall be valid
for 180 days, except that the license may, at the discretion of the
board, be extended for an additional 180-day period on application of
the license holder.
   (d) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this
section.