BILL NUMBER: AB 2691	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 5000 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to accountants.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2691, as introduced, Holden. Accountants.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2020, establishes the California
Board of Accountancy within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The
board is responsible for the licensure and regulation of accountants
and consists of licensed and nonlicensed appointed members.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision
establishing the board.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5000 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   5000.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the
California Board of Accountancy, which consists of 15 members, 7 of
whom shall be licensees, and 8 of whom shall be public members who
shall not be licentiates of the board or registered by the board. The
board has the powers and duties conferred by this chapter.
   (b) The Governor shall appoint four of the public members, and the
seven licensee members as provided in this section. The Senate
Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint
two public members. In appointing the seven licensee members, the
Governor shall appoint individuals representing a cross section of
the accounting profession.
   (c)  (1)    This section shall remain in effect
only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a
later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020,
deletes or extends that date. 
   (d) 
    (2)  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. However, the review
of the board shall be limited to reports or studies specified in
this chapter and those issues identified by the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature and the board regarding the
implementation of new licensing requirements.