BILL NUMBER: SB 690	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 23.7 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to licenses.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 690, as introduced, Price. Licenses.
   Existing law provides for the licensing of various professions and
vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Existing law defines license to mean a license, certificate,
registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession,
as provided.
   This bill would expand the definition of license to include a
permit.
   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 23.7 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   23.7.  Unless otherwise expressly provided, "license" means
license, certificate, registration,  permit,  or other means
to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or
referred to in Section 1000 or 3600.