BILL NUMBER: AB 477INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nestande FEBRUARY 24, 2009 An act to amend Section 7000.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to contractors. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 477, as introduced, Nestande. Contractors. The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board, and authorizes the board to institute disciplinary actions for a violation thereof. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a provision of the Contractors' State License Law. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 7000.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 7000.5. (a) There is established in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Contractors' State License Board, which consists of 15 members. (b) The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473). However, the review of this board by the department shall be limited to only those unresolved issues identified by the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection. (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends that date. The repeal of this section renders the board subject to the review required by Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 473).