Bill Text: CA AB1521 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 359, Statutes of 2019. [AB1521 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1521-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1521

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Introduced by Committee on Business and Professions

February 22, 2019

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An act to amend Sections 5000 and 5015.6 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1521, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions. Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy.

Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate accountants in this state. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint a person designated as an executive officer who is required to exercise various powers and perform various duties as delegated by the board. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2020.

This bill would extend the operation of the board and its authorization to designate an executive officer to January 1, 2024. The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 5000 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

5000.

 (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California Board of Accountancy, which consists of 15 members, 7 of whom shall be licensees, and 8 of whom shall be public members who shall not be licentiates of the board or registered by the board. The board has the powers and duties conferred by this chapter.

(b) The Governor shall appoint four of the public members, and the seven licensee members as provided in this section. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint two public members. In appointing the seven licensee members, the Governor shall appoint individuals representing a cross section of the accounting profession.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date. repealed.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. However, the review of the board shall be limited to reports or studies specified in this chapter and those issues identified by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the board regarding the implementation of new licensing requirements.

SEC. 2.

 Section 5015.6 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

5015.6.

 The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in him or her the executive officer by this chapter.

This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date. repealed.