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                                                                  SB 1576
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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

            SB 1576 (Committee on Business and Professions) - As Amended:  
                                    July 2, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            9 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes minor, non-substantive, and technical changes to 
          various provisions relating to regulatory boards of the 
          Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and to the weights and 
          measures provisions under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
          Food and Agriculture (DFA).  Specifically, this bill:   

          1)Authorizes the California Board of Accountancy (CBA) to deny 
            an applicant's application to place a license in retired 
            status if the permit is subject to an outstanding order of the 
            CBA.

          2)Allows the holder of a license that was canceled, because it 
            was not renewed within five years of its expiration, to apply 
            for the placement of that license in a retired status, and 
            allows the CBA to reissue the license in retired status.

          3)Authorizes the CBA to renew or reinstate, for a maximum of 
            three years, the permit or certificate of a holder who 
            demonstrates financial hardship and who enters into a formal 
            agreement with the CBA to repay the costs associated with a 
            disciplinary action within a three year period.

          4)Revises the penalty for filing a false complaint with the 
            Contractors' State License Board to authorize the registrar to 
            issue a citation.

          5)Updates and revises the requirement for every county sealer to 
            attend a specified annual meeting.









                                                                  SB 1576
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           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation. 


           COMMENTS 

           Rationale  . This is the Senate Business and Professions 
          Committee's annual omnibus bill that seeks to make 
          noncontroversial changes to the provisions related to various 
          regulatory programs and professions governed by the Business and 
          Professions Code.  The Senate Business and Professions Committee 
          notes that consolidating the provision in one bill is designed 
          to relieve the various licensing boards, agencies and 
          professions from the necessity and burden of having separate 
          measures for a number of non-controversial revisions.   
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081