BILL NUMBER: AB 2783CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 214 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 27, 2010 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 27, 2010 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 9, 2010 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 6, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Veterans Affairs (Salas (Chair), Gilmore, Lieu, V. Manuel Perez, and Yamada) MARCH 8, 2010 An act to amend Section 35 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2783, Committee on Veterans Affairs. Professions and vocations: military personnel. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of certain businesses, occupations, and professions by specified boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs created under the Business and Professions Code. Existing law requires these boards to adopt rules and regulations to provide for methods of evaluating education, training, and experience obtained in the armed services, if applicable to the requirements of the business, occupation, or profession regulated, and to specify how this education, training, and experience may be used to meet the licensure requirements for the particular business, occupation, or profession regulated. Existing law also requires these boards to consult with the Department of Veterans Affairs before adopting these rules and regulations. This bill would, in addition, require these boards to consult with the Military Department before adopting these rules and regulations. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 35 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 35. It is the policy of this state that, consistent with the provision of high-quality services, persons with skills, knowledge, and experience obtained in the armed services of the United States should be permitted to apply this learning and contribute to the employment needs of the state at the maximum level of responsibility and skill for which they are qualified. To this end, rules and regulations of boards provided for in this code shall provide for methods of evaluating education, training, and experience obtained in the armed services, if applicable to the requirements of the business, occupation, or profession regulated. These rules and regulations shall also specify how this education, training, and experience may be used to meet the licensure requirements for the particular business, occupation, or profession regulated. Each board shall consult with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Military Department before adopting these rules and regulations. Each board shall perform the duties required by this section within existing budgetary resources of the agency within which the board operates.