BILL ANALYSIS
AB 620
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Date of Hearing: May 6, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Kevin De Leon, Chair
AB 620 (John A. Perez) - As Amended: February 25, 2009
Policy Committee: Business and
Professions Vote: 9 - 0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill establishes new minimum size requirements for
identification cards for unlawful detainer assistants (UDA),
legal document assistants (LDA), process servers, and
professional photocopiers and makes other technical changes to
identification cards. Specifically, this bill, among other
provisions:
1)Changes the minimum size requirements for ID cards for UDAs,
LDAs, process servers, and professional photocopiers to 3 by
2 inches.
2)Deletes the ability to get duplicate cards for employees of
UDAs and LDAs for ten dollars per card.
3)Specifies that ID cards issued to partnerships or corporations
be issued in the name of the business, without a photograph.
FISCAL EFFECT
There are no significant costs associated with this legislation.
COMMENTS
1)Rationale. According to the author, this bill creates
flexibility and eliminates unnecessary work for county clerks.
"The various requirements for county clerks that this bill
amends are minor, but they require time, money and resources
to meet them, and county clerks will be more efficient if
these Business and Professions Code sections are updated."
AB 620
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This bill changes the size requirements of identification
cards that county clerks issue to specified professionals to
be a minimum of 3 by 2 inches. It removes the requirement
that clerks issue additional cards to employees of legal
document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants. It
further provides that identification cards issued to
partnerships, corporations or entities with multiple persons
do not require a photograph. Finally, this bill also permits
county clerks to discard undeliverable "fictitious business
name" statements and requires applicants to sign their
applications for registration of professional photocopiers
under penalty of perjury.
2)Related Legislation . This bill contains provisions regarding
undeliverable "fictitious business name" statements that were
also contained in AB 1290 (Mendoza) from 2008 that was vetoed
due to the late passage of the 2008-09 budget. In the message
the governor wrote, "I am only signing bills that are the
highest priority for California. This bill does not meet that
standard and I cannot sign it at this time."
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081