BILL NUMBER: AB 797	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 5114 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to accountants.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 797, as amended, Ma. Accountants: discipline: Internet posting.

   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
accountants by the California Board of Accountancy, which is
established in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law
authorizes the board to take disciplinary action against certified
public accountants and public accountants, accountancy partnerships,
and accountancy corporations on specified grounds.
   This bill would require the board to post on its Internet Web
site, for  a period of   at least  10
years, the text of decisions issued by the board imposing discipline
on those accountants, partnerships, and corporations.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5114 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   5114.  The board shall post on its Internet Web site the text of
decisions issued by the board imposing discipline pursuant to this
article on a certified public accountant or public accountant, or an
accountancy partnership or accountancy corporation. This information
shall be accessible by the name of the accountant, partnership, or
corporation that is the subject of the decision and shall be posted
for a period of  at least  10 years from the date the
decision was issued.