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           (Without Reference to File)
           
          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 20 X4 (Evans)
          As Amended  July 23, 2009
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(July 9, 2009)  |SENATE: |     |(July 23,      |
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                    (vote not relevant)                  (vote not  
          available)
           
           Original Committee Reference:     RLS.  

           SUMMARY  :  Consolidates, reorganizes, and abolishes particular  
          state boards and bureaus.  Specifically,  this bill  :
           
           The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of this bill,  
          and instead:

          1)Abolish the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine and requires the  
            Governor to appoint two additional members to the Board of  
            Osteopathic Examiners that must be Naturopathic Doctors and  
            creates the Naturopathic Medicine Committee within the  
            Osteopathic Medical Board of California and provides that  
            these provisions sunset January 1, 2013.

          2)Consolidate the Structural Pest Control Board within the  
            Department of Pesticide Regulation, keeping the board and its  
            licensing and regulatory functions intact and maintaining the  
            transparency and public input of the board's regulatory  
            operations. 

          3)Consolidate the Bureau of Electronic Appliance Repair and the  
            Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation into the  
            Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings,  
            and Thermal Insulation under the Department of Consumer  
            Affairs.

          4)Consolidate the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists under  
            the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and  
            transfers to PY's to the Board for Professional Engineers and  
            Land Surveyors to handle issues relating to geologists and  








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            geophysicists.

          5)Place a sunset date of January 1, 2012 on the Maintenance  
            Review Committee.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this was a vehicle for the budget  
          trailer bill.


           Analysis Prepared by  :   Christopher Moore / BUDGET / (916)  
          319-2099


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