CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1590Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1590, as introduced, Chen. Professions and vocations.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and places the department under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning various matters, including, but not limited to, the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1590Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1590, as introduced, Chen. Professions and vocations.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and places the department under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning various matters, including, but not limited to, the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1590
Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Chen
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1590, as introduced, Chen. Professions and vocations.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and places the department under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning various matters, including, but not limited to, the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and places the department under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning various matters, including, but not limited to, the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.
SECTION 1. Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
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325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.
325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.
325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.
325. It shall be the duty of the director to receive complaints from consumers concerning (a) unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in the conduct of any trade or commerce; (b) the production, distribution, sale, and lease of any goods and services undertaken by any person which that may endanger the public health, safety, or welfare; (c) violations of provisions of this code relating to businesses and professions licensed by any agency of the department, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) student concerns related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations performance of its responsibilities, including concerns that arise related to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educations handling of a complaint or its administration of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, established in Article 14 (commencing with Section 94923) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code; and (e) other matters consistent with the purposes of this chapter, whenever appropriate.