BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 177 (Bonilla) - Professions and vocations: licensing boards:
authority: extension
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|Version: June 30, 2015 |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 9 - |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 27, 2015 |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015
Bill
Summary: AB 177 would extend the statutory sunset of the Board
for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, the
California Architects Board, and the Landscape Architects
Technical Committee until January 1, 2020.
Fiscal
Impact:
No significant costs are anticipated due to the extension of
the sunset of the Board for Professional Engineers, Land
Surveyors and Geologists (Professional Engineer's, Land
Surveyor's, and Geologist's Fund). Current law imposes a
sunset on the existence of the Board for Professional
Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists as an appointed
board. However, there is no sunset on the larger body of law
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requiring licensure and oversight of the practice of
engineering, land surveying, and geology. If the Board was
allowed to sunset, the overall licensing and regulatory
program would still exist in law.
Potential one-time costs up to $150,000 for the Board of
Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists to
develop educational standards for geologists, geophysicists,
and geologists-in-training (Professional Engineer's, Land
Surveyor's, and Geologist's Fund).
No significant costs are anticipated due to the extension of
the sunset of the California Architects Board (California
Architects Board Fund). Current law imposes a sunset on the
existence of the California Architects Board as an appointed
board. However, there is no sunset on the larger body of law
requiring licensure and oversight of the practice of
architecture. If the Board was allowed to sunset, the overall
licensing and regulatory program would still exist in law.
No significant costs are anticipated due to the extension of
the sunset of the Landscape Architects Technical Committee
(Landscape Architects Fund). Current law imposes a sunset on
the existence of the Landscape Architects Technical Committee
as an appointed board. However, there is no sunset on the
larger body of law requiring licensure and oversight of the
practice of landscape architecture. If the Board was allowed
to sunset, the overall licensing and regulatory program would
still exist in law.
Author
Amendments: Allow candidates for licensure before obtaining a
degree in architecture and make technical corrections.
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