BILL NUMBER: SB 532	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 532, as introduced, De León. Professions and vocations:
military spouses: temporary licenses.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal
licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other
requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another
jurisdiction, as specified. Under existing law, licensing fees
imposed by certain boards within the department are deposited in
funds that are continuously appropriated. Existing law requires a
board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an
applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the
same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of
being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active
duty military orders.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   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 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   115.5.  (a) A board within the department shall expedite the
licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following
requirements:
   (1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant
is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active
duty military orders.
   (2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or
territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for
which he or she seeks a license from the board.
   (b) A board may adopt  any  regulations necessary to
administer this section.