BILL NUMBER: SB 1085	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Roth

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to add Sections 6795.2, 7881.5, and 8801.1 to the Business
and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1085, as introduced, Roth. Professional engineers: geologists:
land surveyors.
   Existing law makes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land
Surveyors, and Geologists responsible for the certification,
licensure, and regulation of the practice of professional
engineering, the practice of professional geologists and
geophysicists, and the practice of professional land surveyors.
Existing law subjects these certificates and licenses to renewal and
requires the certificate holder or licenseholder to apply for renewal
on a form prescribed by the board and pay a prescribed fee, as
provided.
   This bill would additionally require an applicant for renewal to
complete a specified board-administered examination. The bill would
make the failure to complete the examination a cause for disciplinary
action.
   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 6795.2 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   6795.2.  (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 6795 or
6796, the certificate holder shall complete an examination that
includes questions to reinforce the certificate holder's knowledge of
state laws and the board's rules and regulations relating to the
practice of professional engineers. Failure to complete this
examination shall constitute a cause for disciplinary action under
Section 6775. The board shall administer the examination.
   (b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 6787 shall not apply
to this section.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7881.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   7881.5.  (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 7880 or
7881, the certificate holder shall complete an examination that
includes questions to reinforce the certificate holder's knowledge of
state laws and the board's rules and regulations relating to the
practice of professional geologists and geophysicists. Failure to
complete this examination shall constitute a cause for disciplinary
action under Section 7860. The board shall administer the
examination.
   (b) The crime in subdivision (h) of Section 7872 shall not apply
to this section.
  SEC. 3.  Section 8801.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   8801.1.  (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 8801 or
8802, the licenseholder shall complete an examination that includes
questions to reinforce the certificate holder's knowledge of state
laws and the board's rules and regulations regulating the practice of
professional land surveyors. Failure to complete this examination
shall constitute a cause for disciplinary action under Section 8780.
The board shall administer the examination.
   (b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 8792 shall not apply
to this section.