BILL NUMBER: AB 2740	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer
Protection (Assembly Members Bonilla (Chair), Jones (Vice Chair),
Bocanegra, Campos, Dickinson, Eggman, Gordon, Hagman, Holden,
Maienschein, Mullin, Skinner, Ting, and Wilk)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2014

   An act to amend Section 9810 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to consumer affairs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2740, as introduced, Committee on Business, Professions and
Consumer Protection. Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home
Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation.
   Existing law establishes the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance
Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation under the
supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing
law requires the director to administer and enforce those provisions
relating to the licensure and regulation of electronic and appliance
repair service dealers and persons engaged in various businesses
associated with home furnishings. Existing law requires the Governor
to appoint a chief of the bureau to serve under the direction and
supervision of the director, as specified.
   This bill would require that the powers and duties of the bureau,
as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature as if these provisions were scheduled
to be repealed on January 1, 2019.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 9810 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   9810.   (a)    There is in the Department of
Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home
Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation, under the supervision and
control of the director. The director shall administer and enforce
the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
19000) of Division 8. 
    The 
    (b)     The  Governor shall appoint,
subject to confirmation by the Senate, a chief of the bureau at a
salary to be fixed and determined by the director with the approval
of the Director of Finance. The chief shall serve under the direction
and supervision of the director and at the pleasure of the Governor.

    Every 
    (c)     Every  power granted to or
duty imposed upon the director under this chapter and Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 19000) of Division 8 may be exercised or
performed in the name of the director by a deputy or assistant
director or by the chief, subject to conditions and limitations that
the director may prescribe. 
    Whenever 
   (d)     Whenever  the laws of this
state refer to the Bureau of Electronic Repair Dealer Registration or
the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, the reference shall
be construed to be to the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair,
Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation. 
   (e) Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the
Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and
Thermal Insulation, as set forth in this chapter and Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 19000) of Division 8, shall be subject to
review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The
review shall be performed as if this chapter and Chapter 3 were
scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019.