BILL NUMBER: AB 772	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 320 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to consumer affairs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 772, as introduced, Jones. Consumer affairs: intervention in
state agency or court proceedings.
   Under existing law, when the Director of Consumer Affairs finds
that a matter or proceeding before a state agency or a state or
federal court may substantially affect the interests of consumers
within California, he or she or the Attorney General may intervene in
that matter or proceeding and present the evidence and argument that
he or she determines to be necessary to protect the interests of
consumers.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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 320 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   320.  Whenever there is pending before any state commission,
regulatory agency, department, or other state agency, or any state or
federal court or agency, any matter or proceeding  which
  that  the director finds may affect substantially
the interests of consumers within California, the director 
,  or the Attorney General  ,  may
intervene in  such   that  matter or
proceeding in any appropriate manner to represent the interests of
consumers. The director, or any officer or employee designated by the
director for that purpose, or the Attorney General, may thereafter
present to  such   the  agency, court, or
department, in conformity with the rules of practice and procedure
thereof,  such   the  evidence and argument
 as he shall determine   that he or she
determines  to be necessary  ,  for the
effective protection of the interests of consumers.