SB 560: Licensing boards: unemployment insurance.

(1)Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations and creates boards, commissions, and bureaus, among other entities, in the Department of Consumer Affairs to this end. The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California. Existing law requires a licensing board, as defined, including the State Bar, to provide specified personal information regarding licensees to the Franchise Tax Board in a prescribed form and at a time the Franchise Tax Board may require. Existing law creates within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Employment Development Department, which administers the unemployment compensation program.

This bill would additionally require a licensing board to submit personal information regarding licensees, described above, to the Employment Development Department.

(2)The Contractors State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act establishes an enforcement division within the board that is required to enforce prohibitions against all forms of unlicensed activity, as specified.

This bill would authorize the enforcement division to additionally enforce the obligation to secure the payment of valid and current workers compensation insurance, as specified.