Bill Text: CA AB1461 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Shorthand reporting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1461 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1461-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1461	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ruskin
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Feuer)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 8046 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to shorthand reporting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1461, as introduced, Ruskin. Shorthand reporting.
   Existing law provides for the certification and regulation of
shorthand reporters by the Court Reporters Board of California and
makes a violation of these provisions a crime. Existing law prohibits
a shorthand reporting corporation, as defined, from doing or failing
to do any act that constitutes unprofessional conduct under any
statute, rule or regulation pertaining to shorthand reporters or
shorthand reporting.
   This bill would additionally prohibit a firm, partnership, sole
proprietorship, or other business entity providing or arranging for
shorthand reporting services from doing or failing to do any act that
constitutes unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule or
regulation pertaining to shorthand reporters or shorthand reporting.
   By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8046 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8046.  A  shorthand reporting  corporation  ,
firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other business entity
providing or arranging for shorthand reporting services  shall
not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do
which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule
or regulation now or hereafter in effect which pertains to shorthand
reporters or shorthand reporting. In conducting its practice
 it   these entities  shall observe and be
bound by such statutes, rules and regulations to the same extent as a
person holding a license under this chapter.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.