BILL NUMBER: AB 865	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

   (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. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 736 of the Harbors and Navigation Code is amended
to read:
   736.   (a)    The department shall 
charge and collect the fees prescribed by this article in accordance
with the following schedule:   adopt regulations setting
forth the fees to be charged and collected under this article. 

   (a) Two hundred dollars ($200) for each original broker's license.
 
   (b) Seventy-five dollars ($75) per year for the renewal of an
original broker's license.  
   (c) One hundred dollars ($100) for each original salesperson's
license.  
   (d) Fifty dollars ($50) per year for the renewal of an original
salesperson's license.  
   (e) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for a salesperson's temporary
license.  
   (f) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license obtained by a
broker for a branch office and for each renewal thereof. 

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

   (i) Ten dollars ($10) for each substitution of a name in the
license of a corporation or a partnership.  
   (j) Ten dollars ($10) for the granting of each certificate of
convenience under Section 727.  
   (k) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each examination. 

   (  l  )
    (b)  A criminal records investigation fee  ,
  shall be  collected for both a salesperson's and
broker's license  ,  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  , including adopting a schedule
to establish reasonable fees for exams, licensing, renewals, and
other services provided by the department under this article  .