California Assembly Bill AB1431 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1431AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 9, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hill FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Sections 6710  and 6711   , 6711, and 7801  of the Business and Professions Code, relating to geologists and geophysicists. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1431, as amended, Hill. Geologists and geophysicists. Existing law establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, consisting of 13 members. Existing law requires that membership to include 5 engineers, one land surveyor, and 7 public members. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint 5 of the public members and all of the professional members. The Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly are required to each appoint a public member. Existing law requires the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to administer the Geologists and Geophysicists Act. This bill would rename the board as the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors,  and  Geologists  and Geophysicists  . The bill would change the membership of the board to 14 to include a professional member licensed under the Geologists and Geophysicists Act.  The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions.  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 6710 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 6710. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors,  Geologists, and Geophysicists   and Geologists,  which consists of 14 members. (b) Any reference in any law or regulation to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors  , or the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors,  is deemed to refer to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors,  Geologists, and Geophysicists   and Geologists  . (c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2011, and, as of January 1, 2012, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes effective on or before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed. The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473). SEC. 2. Section 6711 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 6711. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States. Five members shall be registered under this chapter. One member shall be licensed under the Land Surveyors' Act, Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700), one member shall be licensed under the Geologists and Geophysicists Act, Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800), and seven shall be public members who are not registered under this act, licensed under the Geologists and Geophysicists Act, or licensed under the Land Surveyors' Act. Each member, except the public members, shall have at least 12 years active experience and shall be of good standing in his  or her  profession. Each member shall be at least 30 years of age, and shall have been a resident of this state for at least five years immediately preceding his or her appointment.  SEC. 3.   Section 7801 of the   Business and Professions Code   is amended to read:  7801. (a) "Board," as used in this chapter, means the Board for Professional Engineers  and   ,  Land Surveyors  , and Geologists  established under Section 6710. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists or the State Board of Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists shall be deemed to refer to the Board for Professional Engineers  and   ,  Land Surveyors  ,   and Geologists  . (b) The board shall succeed to  ,  and is vested with  ,  all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously vested in the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists. (c) The board shall receive two personnel years that were previously allocated to the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists for the performance of the board's responsibilities under this chapter.