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.
This bill, on and after January 1, 2018, 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 tobegin delete an individual who is an honorably discharged veteran.end deletebegin insert an applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence, as defined, to the board that the applicant has served as an active duty member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed end insertbegin insertForces
and was honorably discharged.end insert The bill would require that a veteran be granted only one fee waiver, except as specified.
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:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
4every board within the department shall grant a fee waiver for the
5application for and issuance of an initial license tobegin delete an individual begin insert
an
6who is an honorably discharged veteran who served as an active
7duty member of the California National Guard or the United States
8Armed Forces. Under this program, all of the following apply:end delete
9applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence to the board that the
10applicant has served as an active duty member of the California
11National Guard or the United States Armed Forces and was
12honorably discharged.end insert
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(2) For purposes of this section, “satisfactory evidence” means
14a completed “Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active
15Duty” (DD Form 214).
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(b) Under this program, all of the following apply:
9 17(a)
end delete
18begin insert(1)end insert A veteran shall be granted only one fee waiver, except as
19specified inbegin delete subdivision (b).end deletebegin insert paragraph (2).end insert After a fee waiver has
20been issued by any board within the department pursuant to this
21section, the veteran is no longer eligible for a waiver.
13 22(b)
end delete
P3 1begin insert(2)end insert If a board charges a fee
for the application for a license and
2another fee for the issuance of a license, the veteran shall be granted
3fee waivers for both the application for and issuance of a license.
18 4(c)
end delete
5begin insert(3)end insert The fee waiver shall apply only to an application of and a
6license issued to an individual veteran and not to an application
7of or a license issued to an individual veteran on behalf of a
8business or other entity.
23 9(d)
end delete10begin insert(4)end insert A waiver shall not be issued for any of the following:
26 11(1)
end delete12begin insert(A)end insert Renewal of a license.
27 13(2)
end delete
14begin insert(B)end insert The application for and issuance of an additional license, a
15certificate, a registration, or a permit associated with the initial
16license.
P3 1 17(3)
end delete18begin insert(C)end insert The application for an examination.
2 19(e)
end delete20begin insert(c)end insert This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
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