BILL NUMBER: AB 674	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act  to amend Section 18000 of the Business and Professions
Code,  relating to small business regulations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 674, as amended, Quirk-Silva.  Small business
regulations.   Microenterprise.  
   Existing law defines microenterprise as a sole proprietorship,
partnership, or corporation that has fewer than 5 employees,
including the owner, and generally lacks access to conventional
loans, equity, or other banking services, as provided. Existing law
encourages specified local agencies to access, include, and promote
local partnerships that invest in microenterprise development, as
provided.  
   This bill would expand the definition of microenterprise to
include those entities that have fewer than 10 employees, including
the owner, as prescribed.  
   Under existing law, various regulations have been promulgated with
respect to the regulation of small businesses.  
   This bill would declare the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would address issues relating to small business
regulations. 
   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 18000 of the  
Business and Professions Code  is amended to read: 
   18000.  (a) (1) For purposes of this part, "microenterprise" means
a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation that meets all of
the following requirements:
   (A) Has fewer than  five   10 
employees, including the owner.
   (B) Is part time or full time.
   (C) Generally lacks access to conventional loans, equity, or other
banking services.
   (2) Microenterprises are distinct from small businesses or
microbusinesses and include, but are not limited to, businesses that
provide child development services, businesses that provide
landscaping services, businesses that provide building maintenance,
businesses that provide personal and business services, businesses
that provide specialty food products, and home-based businesses.
   (b) For purposes of this part, "microenterprise development
provider" means a nonprofit or public agency that provides
self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to
microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to
expand their current business. 
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature intends to enact
legislation that would address issues relating to small business
regulations.