BILL NUMBER: AB 181	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Business and Professions (Assembly
Members Bonilla (Chair), Bloom, Dodd, Gatto, Holden, Mullin, Ting,
and Wood)

                        JANUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 7303 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 181, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions.
Professions and vocations: barbering and cosmetology.
   The Barbering and Cosmetology Act provides for the licensure and
regulation of barbers and cosmetologists by the State Board of
Barbering and Cosmetology in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Existing law requires that the board consist of certain members, and
authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer. Under existing
law, these provisions are repealed on January 1, 2016.
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2020.
   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 7303 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7303.  (a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section
9148) of Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, there is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the
State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology in which the administration
of this chapter is vested.
   (b) The board shall consist of nine members. Five members shall be
public members, and four members shall represent the professions.
The Governor shall appoint three of the public members and the four
professional members. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker
of the Assembly shall each appoint one public member. Members of the
board shall be appointed for a term of four years, except that of the
members appointed by the Governor, two of the public members and two
of the professions members shall be appointed for an initial term of
two years. No board member may serve longer than two consecutive
terms.
   (c) The board may appoint an executive officer who is exempt from
civil service. The executive officer shall exercise the powers and
perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in him or her by
this chapter. The appointment of the executive officer is subject to
the approval of the director. In the event that a newly authorized
board replaces an existing or previous bureau, the director may
appoint an interim executive officer for the board who shall serve
temporarily until the new board appoints a permanent executive
officer.
   (d) The executive officer shall provide examiners, inspectors, and
other personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2016,   2020,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2016,   2020,  deletes or
extends that date. Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this
section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature.