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                                                                  AB 2783
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          Date of Hearing:   April 20, 2010

              ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND CONSUMER  
                                     PROTECTION
                                 Mary Hayashi, Chair
           AB 2783 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - As Introduced:  March  
                                       8, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Professions and vocations: military personnel.

           SUMMARY  :   Requires state boards to consult the Military  
          Department (MD) before adopting rules and regulations related to  
          the education, training, and experience obtained in the armed  
          services and how it can meet licensure requirements for  
          occupations and professions licensed and regulated under the  
          Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA).  

           EXISTING LAW  : 

          1)Provides for the licensure and regulation of certain  
            businesses, occupations, and professions by specified boards  
            within DCA.

          2)Requires state boards to consult the Department of Veterans  
            Affairs (DVA) before adopting rules and regulations to provide  
            for methods of evaluating education, training, and experience  
            obtained in the armed services, and if applicable, specify how  
            they can meet the requirements of the business, occupation, or  
            profession under DCA.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown


           COMMENTS  :   

           Purpose of the bill  .  According to the author's office, "The MD  
          would aid in specifying how this education, training, and  
          experience may be used to meet the licensure requirements for  
          the particular business, occupation, or profession regulated  
          [under DCA]." 

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           








                                                                  AB 2783
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          None on file. 

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