BILL NUMBER: SB 541	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 7000.5 and 7011 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 541, as introduced, Price. Contractors' State License Board.
   Existing law establishes within the Department of Consumer
Affairs, until January 1, 2012, the Contractors' State License Board
and a registrar of contractors, for purposes of the licensure and
regulation of contractors. Under existing law, boards scheduled for
repeal are required to be evaluated by the Joint Sunset Review
Committee.
   This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until
January 1, 2016, and would specify that the board would be subject to
review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
   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 7000.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7000.5.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a
Contractors' State License Board, which consists of 15 members.
   (b)  The   Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the  repeal of this section renders the board
subject to  the review required by Division 1.2 (commencing
with Section 473). However, the review of this board by the
department shall be limited to only those unresolved issues
identified by the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and
Consumer Protection   review by the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature  .
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2012   2016  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2016  , deletes or
extends that date. 
   The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review
required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473). 
  SEC. 2.  Section 7011 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7011.   (a)    The board, by and with the
approval of the director, shall appoint a registrar of contractors
and fix his or her compensation. 
   The 
    (b)     The  registrar shall be the
executive officer and secretary of the board and shall carry out all
of the administrative duties as provided in this chapter and as
delegated to him or her by the board. 
   For 
    (c)     For  the purpose of
administration of this chapter, there may be appointed a deputy
registrar, a chief reviewing and hearing officer, and, subject to
Section 159.5, other assistants and subordinates as may be necessary.

   Appointments 
    (d)     Appointments  shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of civil service laws. 
    This 
    (e)    This  section shall remain in
effect only until January 1,  2012   2016 
, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1,  2012   2016
 , deletes or extends that date.