Bill Text: CA AB19 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: small business: regulations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB19 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB19-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 19	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)
   (Coauthor: Senator Huff)

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to add and repeal Section 12098.2 of the Government Code,
relating to economic development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 19, as amended, Chang. Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development: small business: regulations.
   Existing law creates the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development to exercise various powers, including, among
others, making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature
regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide
economic goals. Existing law establishes the Office of Small Business
Advocate, within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development, that is headed by the Director of the Office of Small
Business Advocate who is also referred to as the Small Business
Advocate.
   This bill would require the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development,  under the direction of  
in consultation with  the advocate, to  establish a process
for the ongoing  review  of existing  regulations 
. The bill would require the review to be primarily focused on
regulations  affecting small businesses adopted prior to January
1, 2016, to determine whether the regulations  need to be
amended in order to become more effective,   could be
 less  burdensome, or to decrease the cost impact
  administratively burdensome or costly  to
affected sectors. The bill would require the office to submit the
results of its review, including its conclusions and recommendations,
to the agency with jurisdiction over the  reviewed 
regulations and to  provide public access to this 
 post the same  information on its Internet Web site.
   The bill would also require the office to report to the
Legislature and the Governor prior to January 1, 2021, and would
repeal all of these requirements on January 1, 2021.
   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 12098.2 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12098.2.  (a) The Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development,  under the direction of   in
consultation with  the advocate, shall  establish a process
for the ongoing  review  of existing  
regulations   regulations. The review shall  
focus on regulations primarily  affecting small businesses
adopted prior to January 1, 2016, to determine whether the
regulations  need to be amended in order to become more
effective,   could be  less  burdensome, or
to decrease the cost impact   administratively
burdensome or costly  to affected sectors.
   (b) The office shall establish a process  through which
stakeholders may request that a regulation be reviewed by the office.
The office shall establish a priority review process and shall
determine whether a regulation identified pursuant to this
subdivision is suitable for priority review.   that
includes all of the following:  
   (1) An annual calendar of reviews, which shall be no less than two
per year.  
   (2) A means by which stakeholders may request that a regulation be
reviewed by the office.  
   (3) A means by which the office can set priorities for undertaking
reviews.  
   (4) A means by which the public, including small business, can
provide input on current costs and challenges in implementing the
regulation under review.  
   (5) A means by which the public, including small business, can
make recommendations for an alternative implementation method or
methods that would be less burdensome and costly. 
   (c) The  office   office, following a public
comment period,  shall determine whether the regulation 
presents problems, as set forth in subdivision (a), and shall
identify proposed remedies   could be implemented
through an alternative method or methods that are less
administratively burdensome or costly  . Upon completion of the
review, the office shall submit the results of its review, including
its conclusions and recommendations, to the agency with jurisdiction
over the  reviewed  regulations and shall  provide
public access to this   post the same  information
on its Internet Web site.
   (d) Notwithstanding any law, the office shall report to the
Legislature and the Governor prior to January 1, 2021. The report
shall include a listing of all regulations reviewed, the results of
each review including the  remedies  
alternative implementation method or methods  the office
proposed, and a description of the actions taken by the responsible
agency. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section
9795.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.