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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 944
Author: Senate Business, Professions and Economic
Development Cmte
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE BUSINESS, PROF & ECON DEVELOP COMM : 9-0, 05/02/11
AYES: Price, Emmerson, Corbett, Correa, Hernandez, Negrete
McLeod, Vargas, Walters, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Business and Professions
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes several non-controversial,
minor, non-substantive or technical changes to various
miscellaneous provisions pertaining to regulatory boards of
the Department of Consumer Affairs and professions
regulated primarily under the Business and Professions
Code.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1.Provides for the licensing and regulation of various
professions and businesses by some 23 boards, 4
committees, 7 bureaus, and 1 commission within the
Department of Consumer Affairs under various licensing
acts within the Business and Professions Code.
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2.Contains the following provisions relating to the
Contractors State License Board:
A. Refers to the effective date or "operative" or
"effective" date of various sections of law.
B. Refers to the specialty contractor classification
of electrical sign contractors.
C. Provides that a person may obtain blank
applications, renewal, or reinstatement forms from the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
1.Contains the following provisions relating to the Board
of Guide Dogs for the Blind:
A. Provides that the board "secretary" bears the
record keeping responsibilities of the board.
B. Provides that license applications and fees are to
be submitted to the secretary of the board.
C. Refers to "seeing eye dog," and provides that a dog
must be neutered.
1.Defines a weighmaster as any person who, for hire or
otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and
issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure,
or count used as the basis for either the purchase or
sale of that commodity, and describes those persons who
are not deemed weighmasters.
2.Refers to the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and
Consumer Protection which was repealed by AB 2130 (Huber,
Chapter 670, Statutes of 2010).
3.Requires any public works contract of any public entity
to include an affidavit, as specified, affirming that the
bidder has not participated in various collusive
activities.
This bill:
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1.Makes the following changes relating to the Contractors
State License Board:
A. Makes technical cleanup and conforming changes, by
deleting references to outdated effective dates.
B. Deletes "electrical" in reference to sign
contractors since the term was eliminated from
regulatory title of the C-45 license in 2009; adds
alphanumeric classification identifiers for clarity
purposes.
C. Clarifies that blank application forms are
available from the board rather than from the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
1.Makes the following changes relating to the Board of
Guide Dogs for the Blind:
A. Clarifies terminology to more accurately refer to
the "executive officer" and to the "board" as
appropriate.
B. Updates archaic terms, to refer to "guide dog"
rather than "seeing eye dog" and to refer to "spayed
or neutered;" clarifies that the veterinarian
certification is made at the time the dog is assigned
to a blind person rather than at time of delivery of
the dog.
1.Deletes an outdated reference to the Joint Committee on
Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection which was
repealed by AB 2130 (Huber, Chapter 670, Statutes of
2010).
2.Updates the Noncollusion Affidavit required in public
works contract bids to reflect current terminology and
usage and makes technical changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/24/11)
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Contractors State License Board
Engineering Contractors Association
State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
JJA:nl 5/24/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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