BILL NUMBER: AB 507	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Gray)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to  amend   add  Section 
106 of   210.5 to  the Business and Professions
Code, relating to the Department of Consumer Affairs.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 507, as amended, Olsen. Department of Consumer 
Affairs.   Affairs: BreEZe system: annual report. 

   Existing law authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to
enter into a contract with a vendor for the licensing and enforcement
of the BreEZe system, which is a specified integrated,
enterprisewide enforcement case management and licensing system, no
sooner than 30 days after written notification to certain committees
of the Legislature. Existing law requires the amount of contract
funds for the system to be consistent with costs approved by the
office of the State Chief Information Officer, based on information
provided by the department in a specified manner.  
   This bill would, on and after January 31, 2016, require the
department to submit an annual report to the Legislature and the
Department of Finance that includes, among other things, the
department's plans for implementing the BreEZe system at specified
regulatory entities included in the department's's 3rd phase of the
BreEZe implementation project, including, but not limited to, a
timeline for the implementation.  
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law authorizes the Governor to remove from office
any member of any board within the department appointed by him or her
for, among other things, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
 
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 210.5 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   ,  immediately
following Section 210  , to read:  
   210.5.  (a) On and after January 31, 2016, the department shall
submit an annual report to the Legislature and the Department of
Finance that includes all of the following:
   (1) The department's plan for implementing the BreEZe system at
the regulatory entities in the department's third phase of the
implementation project, including, but not limited to, a timeline for
implementation.
   (2) The total estimated costs of implementation of the BreEZe
system at the regulatory entities in the department's third phase of
the implementation project and the results of any cost-benefit
analysis the department conducted for the third phase of the
implementation project.
   (3) A description of whether and to what extent the BreEZe system
will achieve any operational efficiencies resulting from
implementation by the boards and regulatory entities within the
department's jurisdiction.
   (b) The report described in subdivision (a) shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "the regulatory entities in the
department's third phase of the implementation project" includes all
of the following:
   (1) Acupuncture Board.
   (2) Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists.
   (3) Bureau of Automotive Repair.
   (4) Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings,
and Thermal Insulation.
   (5) Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.
   (6) California Architects Board.
   (7) California Board of Accountancy.
   (8) California State Board of Pharmacy.
   (9) Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.
   (10) Contractors' State License Board.
   (11) Court Reporters Board of California.
   (12) Landscape Architects Technical Committee.
   (13) Professional Fiduciaries Bureau.
   (14) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid
Dispensers Board.
   (15) State Athletic Commission.
   (16) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
   (17) State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
   (18) Structural Pest Control Board.
   (19) Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau.  
       
  SECTION 1.    Section 106 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   106.  The Governor has power to remove from office at any time,
any member of any board appointed by him or her for continued neglect
of duties required by law, for incompetence, or unprofessional or
dishonorable conduct. This section shall not be construed as a
limitation or restriction on the power of the Governor, conferred on
him or her by any other law, to remove any member of any board.