BILL NUMBER: SB 484INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland FEBRUARY 21, 2013 An act to amend Section 18602 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to the State Athletic Commission. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 484, as introduced, Wyland. State Athletic Commission. Existing law provides, until 2014, for a State Athletic Commission within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and provides for the appointment of members to the commission by the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, for the purpose of licensing and regulating boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts matches. This bill would make a, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. 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 18602 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 18602. (a) Except as provided in this section, there is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the State Athletic Commission, which consists of seven members. Five members shall be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, and one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. The members of the commission appointed by the Governor are subject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to Section 1322 of the Government Code. No person who is currently licensed, or who was licensed within the last two years, under this chapter may be appointed or reappointed to, or serve on, the commission. (b) In appointing commissioners under this section, the Governor, the Senate Rules Committee, and the Speaker of the Assembly shall make every effort to ensure that at least four of the members of the commission shall have experience and demonstrate expertise in one of the following areas: (1) A licensed physician or surgeon having expertise or specializing in neurology, neurosurgery, head trauma, or sports medicine. Sports medicine includes, but is not limited to, physiology, kinesiology, or other aspects of sports medicine. (2) Financial management. (3) Public safety. (4) Past experience in the activity regulated by this chapter, either as a contestant, a referee or official, a promoter, or a venue operator. (c) Each member of the commission shall be appointed for a term of four years. All terms shall end on January 1. Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of the term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. No commission member may serve more than two consecutive terms. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, members first appointed shall be subject to the following terms: (1) The Governor shall appoint two members for two years, two members for three years, and one member for four years. (2) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint one member for four years. (3) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint one member for four years. (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date. Notwithstanding any otherprovision oflaw, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.