California Assembly Bill AB2500 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2500AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hagman FEBRUARY 19, 2010  An act relating to military service.   An act to add Section 36 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to business and professions.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2500, as amended, Hagman.  Military service: benefits: license renewal.   Business and professions: licenses: penalty fees: military.   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various businesses and professions by various state boards.  Existing law  also  provides certain protections for members of the National Guard ordered into active state service by the Governor or active federal service by the President of the United States for emergency purposes, and for reservists called to active duty, as specified.  This bill would waive the penalty fee for late renewal of any type of state license issued by a board, as defined, for a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces, who was on active duty, serving outside of this state in a military conflict during a time of war at the time of the lapse of the license. This bill would require a member to submit a copy of his or her official military orders upon requesting the waiver of the penalty fee.   This bill would set forth the Legislature's intent to enact legislation waiving the penalty fees for late renewal of any type of state license for military service members who were deployed at the time of the lapse.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 36 is added to the   Business and Professions Code   , to read:   36. (a) A penalty fee for late renewal of any type of state license issued by a board shall be waived for a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces who was on active duty, serving outside of this state in a military conflict during a time of war, as defined in Section 18 of the Military and Veterans Code, at the time of the lapse of the license. (b) The member shall submit a copy of his or her official military orders upon requesting the waiver of the penalty fee. (c) For purposes of this section, "board" means board as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 31.   SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation waiving the penalty fees for late renewal of any type of state license for military service members who were deployed at the time of the lapse.