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                                                                  SB 1226
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          Date of Hearing:   August 13, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   SB 1226 (Correa) - As Amended:  August 11, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                             N/A   Vote:N/A

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill:

          1)Requires boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs  
            (DCA), after July1, 2016, to expedite the licensure process  
            for honorably discharged veterans. Any board may adopt  
            regulations as needed to implement this requirement.

          2)Provides that a proprietary private security officer may  
            submit records documenting equivalent military training, as  
            determined by DCA, in lieu of having to complete a security  
            officer training course as required under current law.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor one-time IT costs of $50,000 to DCA. All costs to the  
          various boards should be minor and absorbable, as boards are  
          already implementing expedited licensure processing for military  
          spouses.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . Current law provides specific authority for the Bureau  
          of Security and Investigative Services within DCA to accept  
          military training towards licensure for security guards but not  
          for proprietary private security officers. These officers  
          provide services similar to a security guard and are employed by  
          a company other than a private patrol operator licensed by the  
          bureau. (Examples would be large corporations, such as Walmart  
          and Target.) SB 1226 provides consistency for these officers  
          regardless of their employer. 









                                                                  SB 1226
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          The author notes more than 30,000 veterans return to California  
          each year after leaving the armed services, and many have  
          difficulty transitioning back into civilian life. While the  
          department's programs began expediting the licensure process for  
          spouses of active duty military personnel in 2013, DCA's  
          licensing programs do not have similar statutory authority to  
          expedite licensure for veterans, which would be provided with  
          this bill.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081