BILL NUMBER: AB 1005	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Sections 5017.1, 5017.5, and 5103.5 to the Business
and Professions Code, relating to accountants.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1005, as amended, Block. California Board of Accountancy.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
accountants by the California Board of Accountancy. Existing law sets
forth the duties of the board in that regard, and requires all board
meetings to be open and public. Existing law authorizes the board to
receive and investigate complaints against an accountant licensee or
any person acting as an accountant without a license.
   This bill would require the board to post the  finalized 
minutes from  these open and public  those
 board meetings on its Internet Web site  within a specified
time  period  . The bill would  also  require
the board to provide a live  audio or video  broadcast, on
its Internet Web site, of its board meetings  that are open
and public. The bill   and  would  also
 specify that a technical failure prohibiting a live
broadcast would not prohibit the board from meeting and taking
actions.  The bill would require the posted minutes and
broadcasts or a link to the minutes or broadcasts to remain on the
Internet Web site for at least 3 years.  The bill would also
require the board to post on its Internet Web site  notice of
 all formal accusations filed by the board against a licensee,
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:

   SEC. 2.   SECTION 1.   Section 5017.1 is
added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
   5017.1.  The board shall post  the   , within
10 days of board approval, the finalized  minutes from meetings
of the board that are open and public pursuant to Section 5017 on
the board's Internet Web site.  The minutes shall remain on the
board's Internet Web site for at least three years. Providing a link
on the Internet Web site to the minutes shall satisfy this
requirement   . 
  SEC. 2.  Section 5017.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   5017.5.  (a) The board shall provide a live  audio or video
 broadcast, on its Internet Web site, of each of its board
meetings that are open and public.
   (b) (1) If technical failure prevents the board from providing a
live broadcast as specified in subdivision (a), that failure shall
not constitute a violation of this section if the board exercised
reasonable diligence in providing a live broadcast.
   (2) Failure to provide a live broadcast of its board meetings due
to technical failure shall not prohibit the board from meeting and
taking actions.  The minutes from these meetings without a
live broadcast shall be posted on the board's Internet Web site
pursuant to Section 5017.1.  
   (c) The recording of the live audio or video broadcast shall
remain on the Internet Web site for at least three years. Providing a
link on the Internet Web site to the recording of the live audio or
video broadcast shall satisfy this requirement. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 5103.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   5103.5.  The board shall post on its Internet Web site, in an
easily marked and identifiable location,  notice of  all
formal accusations  . The notice of any formal accusation shall
contain a link to where a consumer can request and have sent to him
or her a copy of the formal accusation  , including the basis
for the accusation and alleged violations filed by the board against
a licensee.