Department of Consumer Affairs: administrative expenses.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to collect, through a proper claim made to the Controller, a board's pro rata share of the department's administrative expenses. This bill would require the department to make a claim to the Controller each month against any of the funds of a board for that board's pro rata share of the department's estimated monthly administrative expenses, and would further require the department to base the claim on the amount of filled positions working for a board. This bill would prohibit the Controller from paying the department for a board's pro rata share of total administrative expenses for any fiscal year in an aggregate amount over 20% of a board's budget for any fiscal year.