AB 673

Under current law, the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS)

and its attached boards administer credentials required for various occupations and

businesses. Most credentials require the payment of an initial fee as a prerequisite

to issuance and require a fee each time the credential is renewed, generally every two

years. Under current law, no later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year,

DSPS must propose adjustments to the initial and renewal fees for each such

credential for the succeeding fiscal biennium, if an adjustment is necessary to reflect

the approximate administrative and enforcement costs attributable to the

regulation of the particular occupation or business. DSPS must then submit the

proposed fee adjustments to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) for approval

under the passive review process.

This bill requires DSPS, when proposing adjustments to credential fees for the

2015-17 fiscal biennium, to instead submit to JCF for approval under the passive

review process adjustments to the credential fees that reflect a 25 percent reduction

in the amount of each fee.