California Business and Professions Code

§ 8051

BPC § 8051 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3 · Ch. 13 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)On and after July 1, 2022, an entity that is not a shorthand reporting corporation may, wherever headquartered in the United States, engage in the conduct described in subdivision (b) of Section 8050 if it is approved for registration by the board after meeting all of the following requirements:

(1)The entity pays an initial annual registration fee to the board. Until January 1, 2025, the fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500). On and after January 1, 2025, the fee shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or the board’s cost of administering this section, whichever is less.

(2)The entity has designated a board-certified reporter-in-charge who is a full-time employee of the registered entity and a resident of California, and who holds a currently valid California license at all times as a certified shorthand reporter where the certificate holder has no restrictions on their license and is not subject to a pending board accusation or investigation at the time of the entity’s application for registration. The reporter-in-charge shall be responsible to the board for an entity’s compliance with all state laws and regulations pertaining to and within the scope of the practice of certified shorthand reporting and any acts of the entity pertaining to and within the scope of the practice of a certificate holder shall be deemed acts of the reporter-in-charge. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as permitting the board to restrict, suspend, or revoke the license of a reporter-in-charge for conduct committed or directed by another person unless the reporter-in-charge had knowledge of or knowingly participated in such conduct.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 587, Sec. 12. (AB 3252) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, by its own provisions.