Bill Text: CA AB2486 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 2486 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Contractors' State License Board: license search by location.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2016. [AB2486 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2486-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2486	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  270
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 7018 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2486, Baker. Contractors' State License Board: license search
by location.
   The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and
regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board,
which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law
requires the board to appoint a registrar and requires the registrar,
as specified, to publish a list of the names and addresses of
contractors registered under that law.
   This bill would require the board, prior to January 1, 2019, to
add an enhancement to the current contractor license check search
function that would permit consumers to search for a licensed
contractor by either ZIP Code or geographic location.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 7018 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   7018.  Prior to January 1, 2019, the board shall add an
enhancement to the current contractor license check search function
that permits consumers to search for a licensed contractor by either
ZIP Code or geographic location.