BILL NUMBER: AB 794INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hagman FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to add Section 44235.5 to the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 794, as introduced, Hagman. Teacher credentialing: fees. Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to review and approve applications for and issue teaching and services credentials, and authorizes the commission to levy fees for the issuance and renewal of teaching and services credentials, to be deposited into the Teacher Credentials Fund in the State Treasury. This bill would require the commission to waive all application and processing fees for out-of-state applicants for teaching credentials who relocate to California due to orders received from a branch of the United States Armed Forces that require the applicant's spouse to relocate to California. 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 44235.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: 44235.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall waive all application and processing fees for out-of-state applicants for teaching credentials who relocate to California due to orders received from a branch of the United States Armed Forces that require the applicant's spouse to relocate to California.