BILL NUMBER: SB 270INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Mendoza FEBRUARY 19, 2015 An act to amend Sections 8000 and 8005 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to court reporters. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 270, as introduced, Mendoza. Court Reporters Board: membership. Existing law provides for the certification and regulation of shorthand reporters and for the regulation of shorthand reporting corporations. Existing law establishes a Court Reporters Board of California, which is responsible for regulating the practice of those engaged in shorthand reporting. Existing law charges the Court Reporters Board with the executive functions necessary to effectuate the purposes of the provisions regulating the shorthand reporting profession. Under existing law, the provisions establishing the board and specifying its executive functions will become inoperative on January 1, 2017. This bill would extend the operation of the above-described provisions relating to the Court Reporters Board until January 1, 2023. 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 8000 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 8000. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Court Reporters Board of California, which consists of five members, three of whom shall be public members and two of whom shall be holders of certificates issued under this chapter who have been actively engaged as shorthand reporters within this state for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,2017,2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,2017,2023, deletes or extends that date. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. SEC. 2. Section 8005 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 8005. The Court Reporters Board of California is charged with the executive functions necessary for effectuating the purposes of this chapter. It may appoint committees as it deems necessary or proper. The board may appoint, prescribe the duties, and fix the salary of an executive officer. Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may also employ other employees as may be necessary, subject to civil service and other provisions of law. This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,2017,2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,2017,2023, deletes or extends that date.