BILL NUMBER: AB 865	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  425
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2013

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, Eggman. Yacht and Ship Brokers Act: licensing.
   Existing law requires the Division 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
division to make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of
the act.
   This bill would require the division to post the directory on its
Internet Web site. The bill would require the division 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 division under the act, and would
require the fees to be sufficient to reimburse the division for the
reasonable costs of implementing the act. The bill would require that
those fees be charged and collected under the act until such time
that the division adopts those regulations.


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.  The division shall publish or cause to be published on or
before July 1 of each year a directory of licensed brokers and
salespersons and shall post the directory on its Internet Web site.
The division 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.
  SEC. 2.  Section 736 of the Harbors and Navigation Code is amended
to read:
   736.  (a) The division shall adopt regulations setting forth the
fees to be charged and collected under this article. The fees shall
be sufficient to reimburse the division for the reasonable costs of
implementing this article.
   (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 division has requested
information concerning an applicant's criminal record, not to exceed
the amount needed to reimburse the division for conducting the
criminal records investigation.
   (c) The following fees shall apply until such time that the
division adopts regulations pursuant to subdivision (a):
   (1) Two hundred dollars ($200) for each original broker's license.

   (2) Seventy-five dollars ($75) per year for the renewal of an
original broker's license.
   (3) One hundred dollars ($100) for each original salesperson's
license.
   (4) Fifty dollars ($50) per year for the renewal of an original
salesperson's license.
   (5) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for a salesperson's temporary
license.
   (6) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license obtained by a
broker for a branch office and for each renewal thereof.
   (7) Ten dollars ($10) for each transfer of a salesperson's license
for each change of employment.
   (8) Ten dollars ($10) for each duplicate license.
   (9) Ten dollars ($10) for each substitution of a name in the
license of a corporation or a partnership.
   (10) Ten dollars ($10) for the granting of each certificate of
convenience under Section 727.
   (11) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each examination.
  SEC. 3.  Section 770 of the Harbors and Navigation Code is amended
to read:
   770.  The division shall make rules and regulations to carry out
the provisions of this article, including adopting a schedule to
establish reasonable fees that cover the division's cost for exams,
licensing, renewals, and other services provided by the division
under this article.