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2001 SESSION
SB 1080 Public Accountancy Act.
Introduced by: Walter A. Stosch | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public Accountancy. Establishes the Board of Accountancy (Board) as an independent board. Currently the Board is located operationally within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (Department). The bill provides for the appointment of an executive director and staff for the Board, and generally vests the Board with the authority to regulate the public accounting profession. The bill also provides for the Department and the Board to enter into an agreement to transfer from the Department to the Board tangible personal property and records relevant to the transfer of duties and powers, and provide for the orderly and expeditious transfer of administrative and other responsibilities no later than December 31, 2001. In addition, the bill (i) requires the transfer of funds from the Department to the Board of Accountancy Fund established to support the operations of the Board, (ii) provides an two-year exemption from the Administrative Process Act for the promulgation of regulations pertaining to fees for licenses and certifications, (iii) provides that existing regulations promulgated by the Board of Accountancy shall remain in effect and continue to apply to licensees and certificate holders licensed or certified by the Board of Accountancy after July 1, 2001, and (iv) clarifies that current members of the Board whose terms have not expired as of July 1, 2001, are not affected.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 013295540 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/01 House: Committee substitute printed 011172872-H1 pdf
- 02/28/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1080ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 013295540
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/01 Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/01 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/07/01 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/01 House: Read first time
- 02/07/01 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/12/01 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
- 02/14/01 House: Reported from General Laws with sub (21-Y 4-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Committee substitute printed 011172872-H1
- 02/16/01 House: Read second time
- 02/19/01 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/01 House: Read third time
- 02/20/01 House: Committee substitute agreed to 011172872-H1
- 02/20/01 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/20/01 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 011172872-H1
- 02/20/01 House: Passed House with substitute (86-Y 14-N)
- 02/20/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (86-Y 14-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1080ER)
- 03/02/01 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/01 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/04/01 Senate: Passed in enrolled form (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/04/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE-ENROLLED BILL (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/01 House: Pending question ordered
- 04/05/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (81-Y 17-N)
- 04/05/01 House: Passed in enrolled form (81-Y 17-N)
- 04/05/01 House: Bill became law, Chapter 832 (effective 7/1/01)
- 04/09/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832)