BILL NUMBER:  SB 975
  VETOED	DATE: 09/25/2012




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 975 without my signature.

This bill attempts to address the increasing trend of state, regional
and local governments' use of short courses as a means of increasing
regulatory compliance.  Specifically, this bill provides that the
California Architects Board and the Board of Professional Engineers,
Land Surveyors, and Geologists are the sole state authorities for
regulating in any way their respective professions.

I agree that more 8-hour courses are often not a good form of
compliance.

I am directing the Water Board, the Air Board and the Energy
Commission to review other methods of ensuring compliance.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.