BILL NUMBER: AB 1904	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 12, 2012

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 amended, Block. Professions and vocations: military
spouses:  temporary licenses.   expedited
licensure. 
   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.   Existing
law authorizes a licensee to reinstate an expired license without
examination or penalty if, among other requirements, the license
expired while the licensee was on active duty as a member of the
California National Guard or   the United States Armed
Forces. 
   This bill would  authorize   require  a
board within the department to  issue a temporary license to
  expedite the licensure process for  an applicant
who  , among other requirements,  holds  an
equivalent   a  license  in the same profession
or vocation  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   no
 . 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   shall expedite the licensure
process for  an applicant who meets  all  
both  of the following requirements: 
   (1) Submits an application in the manner prescribed by the board.
 
   (2) 
    (1)  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) 
    (2)  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   in the
profession or vocation for which he or she seeks a license from the
board  . 
   (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) 
    (b)  A board may adopt regulations necessary to
administer this section.