Bill Text: CA AB2105 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2105 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Contractors: initial license fee reduction: veterans.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-3)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 156, Statutes of 2022. [AB2105 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2105

Introduced by Assembly Member Smith
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Choi, Davies, Flora, Fong, Lackey, Mathis, Nguyen, Patterson, Quirk-Silva, Rodriguez, Seyarto, Villapudua, and Voepel)
(Coauthors: Senators Jones and Nielsen)

February 14, 2022

An act to add Section 7137.1 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to contractors.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2105, as introduced, Smith. Contractors: initial license fee reduction: veterans.

Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs is composed of various boards that license and regulate various professions and vocations. Existing law requires a board within the department to expedite, and authorizes a board to assist in, the initial licensure process for an applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has served as an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States and was honorably discharged.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors State License Board, which is within the department. Existing law authorizes the board to set fees by regulation, according to a prescribed schedule.

This bill would require the board to grant a 50% fee reduction for an initial license to an applicant who provides satisfactory evidence that the applicant is a veteran who has served as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces or the California National Guard and was honorably discharged.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 7137.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

7137.1.

(a) The board shall grant a 50-percent fee reduction for an initial license to an applicant who provides satisfactory evidence that the applicant is a veteran who has served as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces or the California National Guard and was honorably discharged.

(b) For purposes of this section, an applicant is deemed to provide satisfactory evidence of veteran status if they provide with their application a copy of a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “Veteran” printed on its face.