Bill Text: CA AB186 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Professions and vocations: military spouses: temporary licenses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-3)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2014. [AB186 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB186-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 186	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maienschein
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Hagman)

                        JANUARY 28, 2013

   An act to amend Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to professions and vocations, and making an
appropriation therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 186, as introduced, Maienschein. Professions and vocations:
military spouses: temporary licenses.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal
licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other
requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another
jurisdiction, as specified. Under existing law, licensing fees
imposed by certain boards within the department are deposited in
funds that are continuously appropriated. Existing law requires a
board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an
applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the
same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of
being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active
duty military orders.
   This bill would authorize a board within the department to issue a
provisional license to an applicant who qualifies for an expedited
license pursuant to the above-described provision. The bill would
require the provisional license to expire after 18 months.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   115.5.  (a) A board within the department shall expedite the
licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following
requirements:
   (1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant
is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active
duty military orders.
   (2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or
territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for
which he or she seeks a license from the board. 
   (b) For each applicant who is eligible for an expedited license
pursuant to subdivision (a), the board may provide a provisional
license while the board processes the application for licensure. The
provisional license shall expire 18 months after issuance. 

   (b) 
    (c)  A board may adopt regulations necessary to
administer this section.