Bill Text: CA AB1706 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State government: Administrative Procedure Act: tandardized regulatory impact analyses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-20 - Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. [AB1706 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1706-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1706	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2014

   An act to amend Section 11349.1.5 of the Government Code, relating
to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1706, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. State government:
Administrative Procedure Act: tandardized regulatory impact analyses.

   Existing law governs 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.
Existing law requires each state agency to prepare a standardized
regulatory impact analysis, as specified, with respect to the
adoption, amendment, or repeal of a major regulation, as defined,
that is proposed on or after November 1, 2013. Existing law requires
the standardized regulatory impact analysis to address, among other
things, the creation or elimination of jobs within the state.
   Existing law requires the Department of Finance and the office,
from time to time, to review the standardized regulatory impact
analyses for adherence to regulations adopted by the department.
Existing law requires, on or before November 1, 2015, the office to
submit to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental
Organization a report describing the extent to which submitted
standardized regulatory impact analyses for proposed major
regulations adhere to the regulations adopted by the department.
   This bill would also require the report to include information on
the cumulative economic impact of the regulations on businesses
within the state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11349.1.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11349.1.5.  (a) The Department of Finance and the office shall,
from time to time, review the standardized regulatory impact analyses
required by subdivision (c) of Section 11346.3 and submitted to the
office pursuant to Section 11347.3, for adherence to the regulations
adopted by the department pursuant to Section 11346.36.
   (b) On or before November 1, 2015, the office shall submit to the
Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization a report
describing the extent to which submitted standardized regulatory
impact analyses for proposed major regulations adhere to the
regulations adopted pursuant to Section 11346.36. The report shall
include a discussion of agency adherence to the regulations as well
as a comparison between various state agencies on the question of
adherence.  The report shall also include information on the
cumulative economic impact of the regulations on businesses within
the state.  The report may also include any recommendations from
the office for actions the Legislature might consider for improving
state agency performance.
   (c) In addition to the report required by subdivision (b), the
office may notify the Legislature of noncompliance by a state agency
with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 11346.36, in any
manner or form determined by the office.