Board membership qualifications: public members.

Existing law establishes specified boards, bureaus, and commissions in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of licensing and regulating various professions and vocations. Existing law prohibits a public member or a lay member appointed to a board, as defined, from, among other things, having a specified relationship with a licensee of that board within 5 years of the public member's or lay member's appointment. This bill would prohibit a public member or a lay member of any board from having a specified relationship with a licensee of that board, for services provided pursuant to that license, within 3 years of the public member's or lay member's appointment. The bill would provide that these requirements apply to a public member or a lay member of a board upon appointment or reappointment on or after January 1, 2025.