Bill Text: CA AB507 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Department of Consumer Affairs: BreEZe system: annual report.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB507 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 507	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Gray)
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Chang   and Dodd   ) 
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Bates
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 210.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to the Department of Consumer  Affairs. 
 Affairs, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 507, as amended, Olsen. Department of Consumer Affairs: BreEZe
system: annual report.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to
enter into a contract with a vendor for the licensing and enforcement
of the BreEZe system, which is a specified integrated,
enterprisewide enforcement case management and licensing system, no
sooner than 30 days after written notification to certain committees
of the Legislature. Existing law requires the amount of contract
funds for the system to be consistent with costs approved by the
office of the State Chief Information Officer, based on information
provided by the department in a specified manner.
   This bill would, on and after  January 31, 2016, 
 October 1, 2015,  require the department to submit an
annual report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance that
includes, among other things, the department's plans for implementing
the BreEZe system at specified regulatory entities included in the
department's's 3rd phase of the BreEZe implementation project,
including, but not limited to, a timeline for the implementation.

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 210.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, immediately following Section 210, to read:
   210.5.  (a) On and after  January 31, 2016,  
October 1, 2015,  the department shall submit an annual report
to the Legislature and the Department of Finance that includes all of
the following:
   (1) The department's plan for implementing the BreEZe system at
the regulatory entities in the department's third phase of the
implementation project, including, but not limited to, a timeline for
implementation.
   (2) The total estimated costs of implementation of the BreEZe
system at the regulatory entities in the department's third phase of
the implementation project and the results of any cost-benefit
analysis the department conducted for the third phase of the
implementation project.
   (3) A description of whether and to what extent the BreEZe system
will achieve any operational efficiencies resulting from
implementation by the boards and regulatory entities within the
department's jurisdiction.
   (b) The report described in subdivision (a) shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "the regulatory entities in the
department's third phase of the implementation project" includes all
of the following:
   (1) Acupuncture Board.
   (2) Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists.
   (3) Bureau of Automotive Repair.
   (4) Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings,
and Thermal Insulation.
   (5) Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.
   (6) California Architects Board.
   (7) California Board of Accountancy.
   (8) California State Board of Pharmacy.
   (9) Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.
   (10) Contractors' State License Board.
   (11) Court Reporters Board of California.
   (12) Landscape Architects Technical Committee.
   (13) Professional Fiduciaries Bureau.
   (14) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid
Dispensers Board.
   (15) State Athletic Commission.
   (16) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
   (17) State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
   (18) Structural Pest Control Board.
   (19) Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau.
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   Because of the circumstances surrounding the implementation of the
BreEZe system, and in order to ensure that healing arts and other
professionals are licensed in a timely and efficient manner, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.