Amended in Assembly April 6, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2192

Introduced by begin delete Committee on Business and Professions (Assembly Members Bonilla (Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos, Chang, Dodd, Mullin, Ting, Wilk, and Wood) end delete begin insert Assembly Member Salas end insert

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(Principal coauthor: Senator Hill)

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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 amended, begin delete Committee on Business and Professions end delete   begin insert Salas end insert . 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, 2021,
and as of that date is repealed.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, begin delete the end delete 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 law.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021,
and as of that date is repealed.