BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1517 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 6, 2015 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Jimmy Gomez, Chair AB 1517 (Committee on Banking and Finance) - As Amended April 16, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Banking and Finance |Vote:|12 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This bill makes various minor and technical changes to several codes and sections with respect to the Department of Business Oversight (DBO), including transferring duties from the abolished Department of Corporations and the abolished Department of Financial Institutions to DBO, repealing obsolete provisions, and making other clarifying and technical changes. FISCAL EFFECT: AB 1517 Page 2 Negligible cost to DBO. COMMENTS: Purpose. This bill makes minor and technical amendments only. The Governor's Reorganization Plan combined the Department of Corporations and the Department of Financial Institutions to create the DBO on July 1, 2013. DBO now regulates and oversees state chartered banks, credit unions, money transmitters, finance lenders, residential mortgage lenders, escrow agents, mortgage loan originators, deferred deposit transaction licensees, securities broker-dealers, investment advisors, and other business and financial entities. Analysis Prepared by:Joel Tashjian / APPR. / (916) 319-2081