BILL NUMBER: AB 1145	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Price

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 5604 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to architects, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1145, Price. Architects: fees.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
architects by the California Architects Board. Existing law imposes
various fees on licensees and applicants for a license, which are
deposited in the California Architects Board Fund, a continuously
appropriated fund. Under existing law, the fee for renewing a license
may not exceed $200.
   This bill would increase the renewal fee maximum to $400. By
increasing moneys deposited into a continuously appropriated fund,
the bill would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5604 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   5604.  The fees prescribed by this chapter for architect
applicants or architect licenseholders shall be fixed by the board as
follows:
   (a) The application fee for reviewing a candidate's eligibility to
take any section of the examination may not exceed one hundred
dollars ($100).
   (b) The fee for any section of the examination administered by the
board may not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
   (c) The fee for an original license at an amount equal to the
renewal fee in effect at the time the license is issued, except that,
if the license is issued less than one year before the date on which
it will expire, then the fee shall be fixed at an amount equal to 50
percent of the renewal fee in effect at the time the license is
issued. The board may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the
waiver or refund of the fee for an original license if the license is
issued less than 45 days before the date on which it will expire.
   (d) The fee for an application for reciprocity may not exceed one
hundred dollars ($100).
   (e) The fee for a duplicate license may not exceed twenty-five
dollars ($25).
   (f) The renewal fee may not exceed four hundred dollars ($400).
   (g) The delinquency fee may not exceed 50 percent of the renewal
fee.
   (h) The fee for a retired license may not exceed the fee
prescribed in subdivision (c).