AB 178 Assembly Bill

BILL NUMBER: AB 178	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 3, 2015

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Business and Professions
  (   Assembly Members Bonilla
(Chair), Bloom, Dodd, Gatto, Holden, Mullin, Ting, and Wood 
 )   Assembly Member   Bonilla 
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Hill
  ) 

                        JANUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Sections  5510, 5517, 5620, 5621, and 5622
  2841, 2847, 4501, and 4503  of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to  architects.  
healing arts. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 178, as amended,  Committee on Business and Professions
  Bonilla  . Architects and landscape
architects:   Board of Vocational Nursing and
Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California:  authority:
extension. 
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians by the Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California and requires the board, among other things, to appoint an
executive officer. Existing law repeals these provisions on January
1, 2016.  
   This bill would extend that repeal date to January 1, 2020. 

   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons
engaged in the practice of architecture, including landscape
architecture, by the California Architects Board. Existing law
establishes, within the jurisdiction of the board, the Landscape
Architects Technical Committee for the purpose of, among other
things, assisting the board in the examination of candidates for a
landscape architect's license.  Existing law repeals these provisions
on January 1, 2016.  
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2020. 
   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 2841 of the   Business
and Professions Code  is amended to read: 
   2841.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board
of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California, consisting of 11 members.
   (b) Within the meaning of this chapter, "board," or "the board,"
refers to the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
of the State of California.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2016,   2020,  and as of that date is
 repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.  
repealed.  Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject
to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
   SEC. 2.    Section 2847 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   2847.  (a) The board shall select an executive officer who shall
perform duties as are delegated by the board and who shall be
responsible to it for the accomplishment of those duties.
   (b) The person selected to be the executive officer of the board
shall be a duly licensed vocational nurse under this chapter, a duly
licensed  professional   registered  nurse
 as defined in Section 2725,   under Chapter 6
(commencing with   Section 2700),  or a duly licensed
psychiatric technician. The executive officer shall not be a member
of the board.
   (c) With the approval of the Director of Finance, the board shall
fix the salary of the executive officer.
   (d) The executive officer shall be entitled to traveling and other
necessary expenses in the performance of his or her duties. He or
she shall make a statement, certified before a duly authorized
person, that the expenses have been actually incurred.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2016,   2020,  and as of that date is
 repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.  
repealed. 
   SEC. 3.    Section 4501 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   4501.  (a) "Board," as used in this chapter, means the Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2016,   2020,  and as of that date is
 repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date. 
repealed. 
   SEC. 4.    Section 4503 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   4503.  (a) The board shall administer and enforce this chapter.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2016,   2020,  and as of that date is
 repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.  
repealed.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 5510 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   5510.  There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a California
Architects Board which consists of 10 members.
   Any reference in law to the California Board of Architectural
Examiners shall mean the California Architects Board.
   This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020,
and as of that date is repealed. Notwithstanding any other law, the
repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.  
  SEC. 2.   Section 5517 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   5517.  The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service
who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and
vested in him or her by this chapter.
   This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020,
and as of that date is repealed. 
  SEC. 3.    Section 5620 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   5620.  The duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and
jurisdiction of the California State Board of Landscape Architects
that were succeeded to and vested with the Department of Consumer
Affairs in accordance with Chapter 908 of the Statutes of 1994 are
hereby transferred to the California Architects Board. The
Legislature finds that the purpose for the transfer of power is to
promote and enhance the efficiency of state government and that
assumption of the powers and duties by the California Architects
Board shall not be viewed or construed as a precedent for the
establishment of state regulation over a profession or vocation that
was not previously regulated by a board, as defined in Section 477.
   (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a California
Architects Board as defined in Article 2 (commencing with Section
5510) of Chapter 3.
   Whenever in this chapter "board" is used, it refers to the
California Architects Board.
   (b) Except as provided herein, the board may delegate its
authority under this chapter to the Landscape Architects Technical
Committee.
   (c) After review of proposed regulations, the board may direct the
examining committee to notice and conduct hearings to adopt, amend,
or repeal regulations pursuant to Section 5630, provided that the
board itself shall take final action to adopt, amend, or repeal those
regulations.
   (d) The board shall not delegate its authority to discipline a
landscape architect or to take action against a person who has
violated this chapter.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed.  
  SEC. 4.    Section 5621 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   5621.  (a) There is hereby created within the jurisdiction of the
board, a Landscape Architects Technical Committee, hereinafter
referred to in this chapter as the landscape architects committee.
   (b) The landscape architects committee shall consist of five
members who shall be licensed to practice landscape architecture in
this state. The Governor shall appoint three of the members. The
Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall
appoint one member each.
   (c) The initial members to be appointed by the Governor are as
follows: one member for a term of one year; one member for a term of
two years; and one member for a term of three years. The Senate
Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall initially
each appoint one member for a term of four years. Thereafter,
appointments shall be made for four-year terms, expiring on June 1 of
the fourth year and until the appointment and qualification of his
or her successor or until one year shall have elapsed, whichever
first occurs. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
   (d) No person shall serve as a member of the landscape architects
committee for more than two consecutive terms.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed.  
  SEC. 5.    Section 5622 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   5622.  (a) The landscape architects committee may assist the board
in the examination of candidates for a landscape architect's license
and, after investigation, evaluate and make recommendations
regarding potential violations of this chapter.
   (b) The landscape architects committee may investigate, assist,
and make recommendations to the board regarding the regulation of
landscape architects in this state.
   (c) The landscape architects committee may perform duties and
functions that have been delegated to it by the board pursuant to
Section 5620.
   (d) The landscape architects committee may send a representative
to all meetings of the full board to report on the committee's
activities.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed.