BILL NUMBER: SB 1085	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2016

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 amended, 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   of the certificate or license  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.
  a board-administered assessment, which includes
questions to reinforce the certificate holder's or licenseholder's
knowledge of laws applicable to his or her practice area.  The
bill would make the failure to complete the  examination
  assessment within a specified period of time  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
  board shall administer an assessment of the
certificate holder  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  
assessment within 60 days   after the date of expiration of
the certificate  shall constitute a cause for disciplinary
action under Section  6775. The board shall administer the
examination.   6775, but shall not affect the renewal of
the certificate. 
   (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
  board shall administer an assessment of the
certificate holder  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
  assessment within 60 days after the date of expiration
of the certificate  shall constitute a cause for disciplinary
action under Section  7860. The board shall administer the
examination.   7860, but shall not affect the renewal of
the certificate. 
   (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
  board shall administer an assessment of the
licenseholder  that includes questions to reinforce the 
certificate holder's   licenseholder's  knowledge
of state laws and the board's rules and regulations regulating the
practice of professional land surveyors. Failure to complete this
 examination   assessment within 60 days after
the date of expiration of the license  shall constitute a cause
for disciplinary action under Section  8780. The board shall
administer the examination.   8780, but shall not affect
the renewal of the license. 
   (b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 8792 shall not apply
to this section.