BILL NUMBER: AB 2486	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 7018 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2486, as amended, Baker. Contractors' State License Board:
license search by location.
   The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and
regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board,
which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law
requires the board to appoint a registrar and requires the registrar,
as specified, to publish a list of the names and addresses of
contractors registered under that law.
   This bill would authorize the board, when funds are
available or during a scheduled update of the board's Internet Web
site,   would require the board, prior to January 1,
2019,  to add an enhancement to the current contractor license
check search function that would permit consumers to search for a
licensed contractor by either ZIP Code or geographic location.
   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 7018 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   7018.   The board may, when funds are available or during
a scheduled update of the board's Internet Web site,  
Prior to January 1, 2019, the board shall  add an enhancement to
the current contractor license check search function that permits
consumers to search for a licensed contractor by either ZIP Code or
geographic location.