BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1491
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Date of Hearing: August 4, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 1491 (Business, Professions and Economic Development) - As
Amended: June 16, 2010
Policy Committee: Business and
Professions Vote: 11 - 0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill amends various provisions pertaining to the regulatory
boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and
professions regulated in the Business and Professions Code
(BPC). Specifically, this bill:
1)Makes the following changes to the Board for Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors:
a) Allows applicants for certification as an
engineer-in-training to qualify using engineering
education, engineering experience, or a combination of
engineering education and experience totaling three years.
b) Prohibits licensure examination fees administered by a public
or private organization from being greater than the actual
cost of the development and administration of the
examination and permits the fee to be paid directly to the
organization.
2)Extends the time for Contractors State License Board (CSLB) to
pursue a complaint against an unlicensed contractor to 18
months after the complaint is filed, conforming to the same
timeframe for action against a licensee.
3)Permits guide dog schools and instructors licensed by the
Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind (BGDB) to provide in-home
training, without BGDB's authorization.
4)Provides that cremated remains may be placed into "keepsake
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urns" and kept as authorized by those with the right to
control their disposition, requires a disposition permit to be
obtained for each keepsake urn, and makes conforming and
clarifying changes.
5)Repeals obsolete provisions of law requiring a crematory to be
associated with a cemetery, columbarium, burial park, or
mausoleum, as specified.
6)Makes other technical and clarifying changes.
FISCAL EFFECT
There are no significant costs associated with this legislation.
COMMENTS
Purpose . This bill is the Senate Professions and Economic
Development Committee's annual omnibus bill that consolidates a
number of non-controversial provisions related to various
regulatory programs and professions governed by the Business and
Professions Code. Consolidating the provisions in one bill is
designed to relieve the various licensing boards, bureaus and
professions from the necessity and burden of having separate
measures for a number of non-controversial revisions.
As a committee bill, this measure is jointly authored by each of
the members of the committee. As such it is a consensus bill.
If controversy or opposition should arise regarding any
provision in this bill that cannot be resolved, then that
provision will be removed from the bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081