BILL NUMBER: SB 270	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 270, as introduced, Mendoza. Court Reporters Board: membership.

   Existing law provides for the certification and regulation of
shorthand reporters and for the regulation of shorthand reporting
corporations. Existing law establishes a Court Reporters Board of
California, which is responsible for regulating the practice of those
engaged in shorthand reporting. Existing law charges the Court
Reporters Board with the executive functions necessary to effectuate
the purposes of the provisions regulating the shorthand reporting
profession. Under existing law, the provisions establishing the board
and specifying its executive functions will become inoperative on
January 1, 2017.
   This bill would extend the operation of the above-described
provisions relating to the Court Reporters Board until January 1,
2023.
   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,   2023,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2017,   2023,  deletes or
extends that date.
   (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.  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.
   This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 
2017,   2023,  and as of that date is repealed,
unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,
 2017,   2023,  deletes or extends that
date.