BILL NUMBER: AB 2192	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Business and Professions
  (   Assembly Members Bonilla
(Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos, Chang, Dodd,
Mullin, Ting, Wilk, and Wood   )  
Assembly Member   Salas 
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Hill   ) 

                        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,  Committee on Business and
Professions   Salas  . 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2021, and as of that date is repealed.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,  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 law.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed.