BILL NUMBER: SB 1085INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Roth FEBRUARY 17, 2016 An act to add Sections 6795.2, 7881.5, and 8801.1 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1085, as introduced, Roth. Professional engineers: geologists: land surveyors. Existing law makes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists responsible for the certification, licensure, and regulation of the practice of professional engineering, the practice of professional geologists and geophysicists, and the practice of professional land surveyors. Existing law subjects these certificates and licenses to renewal and requires the certificate holder or licenseholder to apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay a prescribed fee, as provided. This bill would additionally require an applicant for renewal to complete a specified board-administered examination. The bill would make the failure to complete the examination a cause for disciplinary action. 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 6795.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 6795.2. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 6795 or 6796, the certificate holder shall complete an examination that includes questions to reinforce the certificate holder's knowledge of state laws and the board's rules and regulations relating to the practice of professional engineers. Failure to complete this examination shall constitute a cause for disciplinary action under Section 6775. The board shall administer the examination. (b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 6787 shall not apply to this section. SEC. 2. Section 7881.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 7881.5. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 7880 or 7881, the certificate holder shall complete an examination that includes questions to reinforce the certificate holder's knowledge of state laws and the board's rules and regulations relating to the practice of professional geologists and geophysicists. Failure to complete this examination shall constitute a cause for disciplinary action under Section 7860. The board shall administer the examination. (b) The crime in subdivision (h) of Section 7872 shall not apply to this section. SEC. 3. Section 8801.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 8801.1. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 8801 or 8802, the licenseholder shall complete an examination that includes questions to reinforce the certificate holder's knowledge of state laws and the board's rules and regulations regulating the practice of professional land surveyors. Failure to complete this examination shall constitute a cause for disciplinary action under Section 8780. The board shall administer the examination. (b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 8792 shall not apply to this section.