BILL NUMBER: AB 1060	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 491 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1060, as amended, Bonilla. Professions and vocations:
licensure.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to suspend or revoke a
license on the ground that the licensee has been convicted of a
crime, if the crime is substantially related to the qualifications,
functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the
license was issued. Existing law requires the board, upon suspension
or revocation of a license, to provide the ex-licensee with certain
information pertaining to rehabilitation, reinstatement, or reduction
of penalty, as specified.
   This bill would  authorize   require 
the board to provide that information through first-class mail and by
 electronic means.   email if the board has an
email address on file for the ex-licensee. 
   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 491 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   491.  (a) Upon suspension or revocation of a license by a board on
one or more of the grounds specified in Section 490, the board
shall:
   (1) Send a copy of the provisions of Section 11522 of the
Government Code to the ex-licensee.
   (2) Send a copy of the criteria relating to rehabilitation
formulated under Section 482 to the ex-licensee.
   (b) Subdivision (a)  may   shall  be
satisfied through first-class mail and by  electronic means.
  email if the board has an email address on file for
the ex-licensee.