Senate Business, Professions and Economic

Development Committee

Oversight Hearing

Agenda

Monday, March 21, 2011

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Adjournment of Session to 4:30 p.m.

Room 3191

I.REVIEW OF THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
– 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

  1. Issues to Be Addressed by the Board

Sally Anderson, President, CPA

Patti Bowers, Executive Officer

  1. Brief Overview of the California Board of Accountancy
  2. Licensing and Practice – Peer Review Program
  3. Enforcement Issues: Timeframe for Disciplinary Cases, Curtail Reporting of Restatements, Sufficient Resources for Large Firm Cases.
  4. Budgetary Issues: Request for Exemption from Hiring Freeze and Problems with Reserve Fund and Loans to the General Fund.
  5. Further Comments

B.Professional Groups, Organizations, and Individuals

II.REVIEW OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIDUCIARIES BUREAU
– 12:00p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

  1. Issues to Be Addressed by the Board

Gil DeLuna, Acting Bureau Chief

Lisa Berg, Past Chair, Professional Fiduciaries BureauAdvisory Committee

Dave Thornton, Investigator, Professional Fiduciaries Bureau

  1. Brief Overview of the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau
  2. Licensing and Practice Issues
  3. Enforcement Issues – Can PFB Effectively Enforce?
  4. Budget Issues– Adequate License Revenues?
  5. Continuation of the Bureau– Is the PFB Sustainable as a Viable Regulatory Agency?

B.Professional Groups, Organizations, and Individuals

III.REVIEW OF THE CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSE BOARD
– 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

  1. Issues to Be Addressed by the Board

Lisa Miller-Strunk, Board Chair

Stephen Sands, Registrar

David Fogt,Chief of Enforcement

  1. Brief Overview of the Contractors State License Board
  2. Administration and Budget: Effects of Hiring Freeze, Vacancies and Furloughs;Adequate Fund Levels.
  3. Licensing and Practice Issues: Electronic payments, LLC licenses, Solar Installation.
  4. Enforcement – Licensed & Unlicensed Contractor Priorities; Fingerprinting; Cooperation with Other Agencies.
  5. Further Comments

B.Professional Groups, Organizations, and Individuals

IV.REVIEW OF THE BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, AND GEOLOGISTS
– Upon Adjournment of Session to 3:30 p.m.

  1. Issues to Be Addressed by the Board

Mike Modugno, Board President, PE (Electrical Engineer)

Jim Foley, Board Member, PE, SE, GE (Civil, Structural,
and Geotechnical Engineer)

Joanne Arnold, Acting Executive Officer

  1. Brief Overview of the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists
  2. Board Administration Issue: Regulation of Geologists as Separate Program
  3. Continued Licensure of Geophysicists.
  4. Enforcement Issues: Timeframe for Disciplinary Cases, Denial of AG Budget Augmentation, Fingerprint Authority.
  5. Budgetary Issue: Need for Fee Increase for Geologist Program.
  6. Further Comments

B.Professional Groups, Organizations, and Individuals

V.REVIEW OF THE CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS BOARDAND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

– 3:30p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

  1. Issues to Be Addressed by the Board

Pasqual Gutierrez, California Architects Board President

Marilyn Lyon, California Architects Board Vice President

Stephanie Landregan, Landscape Architects Technical Committee Chair

Doug McCauley, Executive Officer

Trish Rodriguez, Landscape Architects Technical Committee Program Manager

  1. Brief Overview of the California Architects Board and the Landscape Architects Technical Committee
  2. Architects License Renewal Process
  3. Comprehensive Continuing Education for Architects
  4. Disparity in California Applicants' Passage Rates on the Architect Registration Exam (ARE) and Landscape Architect Registration Exam (LARE)
  5. Further Comments

B.Professional Groups, Organizations, and Individuals

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