Alcoholic beverage control: barbering and cosmetology: license renewal fees: waiver.

Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, and electrolysis by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Existing law requires licenses issued by the board to expire after 2 years, except as specified. Existing law requires the board to set various fees, including renewal fees, in amounts necessary to cover the expenses of the board in performing its duties under the Barbering and Cosmetology Act. Existing law requires all fees collected to be paid into the State Treasury and to be credited to the Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund to be available upon appropriation, as specified. This bill, until January 1, 2023, would prohibit the board from seeking to collect, and exempt a licensee from paying, renewal fees for a license expiring on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2023. If a licensee pays that renewal fee, the bill would prohibit the board from returning or refunding the payment, and would exempt the licensee from paying, and prohibit the board from collecting, the renewal fee for the subsequent renewal period. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2025. This bill would appropriate the sum of $25,600,000 from the General Fund to the Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund to be used by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology to backfill revenues relating to waiver of fees for licenses for individual practitioners, licenses to operate an establishment, and licenses to operate a mobile unit, as specified. Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. Existing law provides for the issuance of licenses for which various fees, including renewal fees, are charged depending upon the type of license issued. This bill, for the purpose of providing economic relief to licensees most severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, would authorize the department to waive license renewal fees, as defined, for licenses that expire between March 1, 2021, and February 28, 2023, inclusive. The bill would provide that the waiver of license renewal fees applies only to specified license types that were active, as defined by the department in its guidelines, between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, inclusive. Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs, among other things, the procedures for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law, and sets forth adjudication procedures for administrative appeals. This bill would require the department to establish and publish on its internet website the requirements and guidelines for submitting a fee waiver request and the manner of certification for the waiver, and would exempt those actions from the rulemaking and adjudication procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act. This bill would require a licensee who requests a fee waiver to certify under penalty of perjury that they qualify for the waiver. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2021.