SB 1155, as amended, Morrell. Professions and vocations: licenses: military service.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes any licensee whose license expired while he or she was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces to reinstate his or her license without examination or penalty if certain requirements are met. Existing law also requires the boards to waive the renewal fees, continuing education requirements, and other renewal requirements, if applicable, of any licensee or registrant called to active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces or the California National Guard, if certain requirements are met. Existing law requires each board to inquire in every application if the individual applying for licensure is serving in, or has previously served in, the military. Existing law, on and after July 1, 2016, requires a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to expedite, and authorizes a board to assist, the initial licensure process for an applicant who has served as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces and was honorably discharged.
Thisbegin delete billend deletebegin insert bill, on and after January 1, 2018,end insert would require every board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to grant a fee waiver for the application for and the issuance of an initial license to an individual who is an honorably dischargedbegin delete veteran, as specified.end deletebegin insert veteran. The bill would require that a veteran be granted only
one fee waiver, except as specified.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 114.6 is added to the Business and
2Professions Code, to read:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every board
4within the department shall grant a fee waiver for the application
5for and issuance ofbegin delete aend deletebegin insert an initialend insert license to an individual who is an
6honorably discharged veteran who served as an active duty member
7of the California National Guard or the United States Armed
8Forces. Under this program, all of the following apply:
9(a) A veteran shall be granted only one fee begin deletewaiver.end deletebegin insert
waiver,
10except as specified in subdivision (b). After a fee waiver has been
11issued by any board within the department pursuant to this section,
12the veteran is no longer eligible for a waiver.end insert
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(b) If a board charges a fee for the application for a license and
14another fee for the issuance of a license, the veteran shall be
15granted fee waivers for both the application for and issuance of
16a license.
15 17(b)
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18begin insert(c)end insert The fee waiver shall apply only to an application of and a
19license
issued to an individual veteran and not to an application
20of or a license issued tobegin insert anend insertbegin insert individual veteran on behalf ofend insert a
21business or other entity.
18 22(c)
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23begin insert(d)end insert A waiver shall not be issued forbegin delete a renewal of a license or begin insert
any of the following:end insert
24for the application for and issuance of a license other than one
25initial license.end delete
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(1) Renewal of a license.
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(2) The application for and issuance of an additional license,
28a certificate, a registration, or a permit associated with the initial
29license.
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(3) The application for an examination.
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(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
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