BSIS Update

Roy Rahn, CALSAGA Executive Director

As you may know, the BSIS Chief Laura Alarcon has announced her upcoming retirement. We appreciate Chief Alarcon’s service to our industry. The position of Chief is an appointment by the governor; Governor Brown’s office has posted the position and has begun the search for qualified candidates. We will keep you apprised of the situation.

In our last newsletter, we informed you of upcoming BSIS fee increases for the first time in 15 years. Those fees are scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2018.The bureau has also updated their renewal and reinstatement applications ro include the new fees. The updated applications are available on the BSIS website. Please note that if your expiration date is before July 1, 2018, the current renewal or reinstatement fee will apply. However if your expiration date is after July 1, 2018, the new renewal or reinstatement fee will apply even if you pay the renewal fee before July 1, 2018.