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                                                                  AB 2419
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          Date of Hearing:   April 13, 2010

              ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND CONSUMER  
                                     PROTECTION
                                 Mary Hayashi, Chair
                     AB 2419 (Cook) - As Amended:  March 25, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Contractors

           SUMMARY  :   Makes minor, non-substantive and technical changes to  
          the Contractors State License Law.  

           EXISTING LAW  establishes the Contractors State License Law and  
          provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the  
          Contractors State License Board (CSLB). 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   

           Purpose of this bill  . According to the author's office, "AB 2419  
          is cleanup legislation that will correct spelling errors and  
          make non-substantive changes to provide consistency in usage of  
          the Contractors State License Law. 

           Background  .  This bill is sponsored by CSLB to make minor,  
          technical changes to the Contractors State License Law.  CSLB  
          issues licenses to contractors who meet safety and experience  
          requirements within their field.  There are more than 316,000  
          licensed contractors in the state, in 43 different licensing  
          classifications.  In addition to educating consumers about  
          contractors and construction law, the CSLB administers  
          examinations to test prospective licensees, issues licenses,  
          investigates complaints against licensed and unlicensed  
          contractors, issues citations, suspends or revokes licenses, and  
          seeks administrative, criminal, and civil sanctions against  
          violators.

           Support  .  According to the sponsor, CSLB, "Very simply stated,  
          AB 2419 is cleanup legislation.  It would correct grammatical  
          and spelling errors that have accumulated in the Contractors  
          State License Law over many years.  It would also change the  
          punctuation within CSLB's formal title so that it is consistent  
          with established usage, and provides other clarifying amendments  
          in the license law."








                                                                  AB 2419
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           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          Contractors State License Board (CSLB) (sponsor) 

           Opposition 
           
          None on file. 
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Joanna Gin / B.,P. & C.P.  / (916)  
          319-3301