BILL NUMBER: AB 2073	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 18000 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to business.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2073, as introduced, Mansoor. Microenterprise.
   Existing law encourages every city, county, and city and county to
access microenterprise development in order to create new jobs and
income opportunities for individuals of low and moderate income.
Existing law encourages every city, county, and city and county to
include microenterprise development as a part of their economic
development strategy. Existing law encourages California communities
and public agencies that serve them to promote local partnerships
that invest in microenterprise development.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
definitions related to those provisions.
   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 18000 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   18000.  (a) (1) For  the  purposes of this part,
"microenterprise" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, or
corporation that meets all of the following requirements:
   (A) Has fewer than five employees, including the owner. 
   (B) Is part time or full time 
    (B)     Has employees who are part-time or
full-time  .
   (C) Generally lacks access to conventional loans, equity, or other
banking services.
   (2) Microenterprises are distinct from small businesses or
microbusinesses and include, but are not limited to, businesses that
provide child development services, businesses that provide
landscaping services, businesses that provide building maintenance,
businesses that provide personal and business services, businesses
that provide specialty food products, and home-based businesses.
   (b) For  the  purposes of this part, "microenterprise
development provider" means a nonprofit or public agency that
provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access
to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed or to
expand their current business.