BILL NUMBER: AB 477	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to amend Section 7000.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 477, as introduced, Nestande. Contractors.
   The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensing and
regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board,
and authorizes the board to institute disciplinary actions for a
violation thereof.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a
provision of the Contractors' State License Law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 7000.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7000.5.  (a) There is  established  in the Department of
Consumer Affairs a Contractors' State License Board, which consists
of 15 members.
   (b) The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the
review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473).
However, the review of this board by the department shall be limited
to only those unresolved issues identified by the Joint Committee on
Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends
that date.
   The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review
required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473).