BILL NUMBER: AB 2192	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Business and Professions (Assembly
Members Bonilla (Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos,
Chang, Dodd, Mullin, Ting, Wilk, and Wood)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 8000 and 8005 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2192, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions.
Court Reporters Board of California: personnel.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of court
reporters by the Court Reporters Board of California, which is within
the Department of Consumer Affairs, and authorizes the board to
appoint an executive officer and committees and to employ other
employees, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on
January 1, 2017.
   This bill would extend those provisions until January 1, 2021.
   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 8000 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8000.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Court
Reporters Board of California, which consists of five members, three
of whom shall be public members and two of whom shall be holders of
certificates issued under this chapter who have been actively engaged
as shorthand reporters within this state for at least five years
immediately preceding their appointment.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2017,   2021,  and as of that date is
 repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.  
repealed. 
   (c) 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 8005 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8005.   (a)    The Court Reporters Board of
California is charged with the executive functions necessary for
effectuating the purposes of this chapter. It may appoint committees
as it deems necessary or proper. The board may appoint, prescribe the
duties, and fix the salary of an executive officer. Except as
provided by Section 159.5, the board may also employ other employees
as may be necessary, subject to civil service and other 
provisions of  law.
    (b)    This section shall remain in effect only
until January 1,  2017,   2021,  and as of
that date is  repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.
  repealed.