California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 865

Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman

February 21, 2013

An act to amend Sections 707, 736, and 770 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to vessels.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 865, as introduced, Eggman. Yacht and Ship Brokers Act: licensing.

Existing law requires the Department of Boating and Waterways to publish or cause to be published on or before July 1 of each year a directory of licensed brokers and salespersons and to charge and collect the fees prescribed by the Yacht and Ship Brokers Act in accordance with a specified schedule. Existing law authorizes the department to make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the act.

This bill would require the department to post the directory on its Internet Web site. The bill would delete the statutory fee schedule and would instead require the department to adopt regulations setting forth the fees to be charged and collected under the act for, among other things, exams, licensing, renewals, and other services provided by the department under the act.

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 707 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
is amended to read:

707.  

begin delete (a) end delete begin delete   end delete The department shall publish or cause to be published
on or before July 1st of each year a directory of licensed brokers
and begin delete salesmen end delete begin insert salespersons end insert and begin insert shall post the directory on its
Internet Web site. The department end insert may publish such additional
information as it deems expedient begin insert and may also issue a periodical
bulletin concerning affairs arising under the administration of this
article end insert .

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The department may also issue a periodical bulletin concerning
affairs arising under the administration of this article.

end delete begin delete

(b) The department shall submit to the Governor a full and true
report of its activities under this article, including a complete
statement of receipts and expenditures during the preceding two
years. This report shall be a part of the biennial report of the
department.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 736 of the Harbors and Navigation Code is
amended to read:

736.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The department shall begin delete charge and collect the fees
prescribed by this article in accordance with the following
schedule: end delete begin insert adopt regulations setting forth the fees to be charged
and collected under this article. end insert

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(a) Two hundred dollars ($200) for each original broker’s
license.

end delete begin delete

(b) Seventy-five dollars ($75) per year for the renewal of an
original broker’s license.

end delete begin delete

(c) One hundred dollars ($100) for each original salesperson’s
license.

end delete begin delete

(d) Fifty dollars ($50) per year for the renewal of an original
salesperson’s license.

end delete begin delete

(e) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for a salesperson’s temporary
license.

end delete begin delete

(f) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license obtained by a
broker for a branch office and for each renewal thereof.

end delete begin delete

(g) Ten dollars ($10) for each transfer of a salesperson’s license
for each change of employment.

end delete begin delete

(h) Ten dollars ($10) for each duplicate license.

end delete begin delete

(i) Ten dollars ($10) for each substitution of a name in the
license of a corporation or a partnership.

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(j) Ten dollars ($10) for the granting of each certificate of
convenience under Section 727.

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(k) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each examination.

end delete begin delete

(l)

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begin insert (b) end insert  A criminal records investigation fee begin delete , end delete begin insert shall be end insert collected for
both a salesperson’s and broker’s license begin delete , end delete in an amount determined
by the Department of Justice, or by any other state or federal
custodian of criminal records from which the department has
requested information concerning an applicant’s criminal record,
not to exceed the amount needed to reimburse the department for
conducting the criminal records investigation.

SEC. 3.  

Section 770 of the Harbors and Navigation Code is
amended to read:

770.  

The department may make rules and regulations to carry
out the provisions of this article begin insert , including adopting a schedule to
establish reasonable fees for exams, licensing, renewals, and other
services provided by the department under this article end insert .