BILL NUMBER: AB 1013	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1013, as introduced, Gomez. Consumer affairs.
   Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs is
comprised of boards that license and regulate various professions and
vocations. Existing law provides that these boards are established
to ensure that private businesses and professions are regulated to
protect the people of this state. Existing law authorizes the
director or the Attorney General to intervene in a matter or
proceeding pending before any state commission, regulatory agency,
department, or agency, or any court, which the director finds may
affect substantially the interests of consumers within California, in
any appropriate manner to represent the interests of consumers.
Existing law also authorizes the director, or any officer or employee
designated by the director for that purpose, or the Attorney General
to thereafter present evidence and argument to the agency, court of
department, as specified, for the effective protection of the
interests of consumers.
   This bill would additionally authorize any employee designated by
the Attorney General to make those presentations.
   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 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 the director
finds may affect substantially the interests of consumers within
California, the director, or the Attorney General, may intervene in
such 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
 , or any employee designated by the Attorney General for that
purpose  , may thereafter present to  such 
 that  agency, court, or department, in conformity with the
rules of practice and procedure thereof,  such  
the  evidence and argument as he  or she  shall
determine to be necessary, for the effective protection of the
interests of consumers.