Bill Text: CA SB1165 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Utilities Commission: intervenor compensation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-24 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB1165 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1165-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1165	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 487 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1165, as introduced, Wright. Denial of license.
   Existing law provides for the licensure, regulation, and
discipline of various professions and vocations. These provisions are
administered by the boards and examining committees established
within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides that
a licensing authority may deny a license to an applicant for
specified reasons.
   Existing law provides that an applicant may request a hearing with
the licensing authority to reconsider the decision to deny the
license. Such a hearing must be held within 90 days of the request,
except as specified.
   This bill would require the licensing authority to send notice of
the hearing date to the applicant within 30 days of receiving the
request for a hearing.
   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 487 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   487.   (a)    If a hearing is requested by the
applicant, the board shall conduct  such   the
 hearing within 90 days from the date the hearing is requested
unless the applicant shall request or agree in writing to a
postponement or continuance of the hearing. Notwithstanding the
above, the Office of Administrative Hearings may order, or on a
showing of good cause, grant a request for, up to 45 additional days
within which to conduct a hearing, except in cases involving alleged
examination or licensing fraud, in which cases the period may be up
to 180 days. In no case shall more than two such orders be made or
requests be granted. 
   (b) Notice of the scheduled hearing date shall be sent to the
applicant by the board within 30 days of receipt of the request for
hearing.