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

California Assembly Bill 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

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

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BILL NUMBER: AB 19	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

    An act relating to state government.   An
act to add Section 12098.2 to the Government Code, relating to
economic development. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 19, as amended, Chang.  State government: regulations.
  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 the advocate, to review
all regulations affecting small businesses adopted prior to January
1, 2016, in order to determine whether the regulations need to be
amended in order to become more effective, less burdensome, or to
decrease the cost impact to affected sectors.  
   The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the
requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and
implementation of regulations by state agencies. The act requires the
Office of Administrative Law to provide for the official
compilation, printing, and publication of state agency regulations,
known as the California Code of Regulations.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation requiring state agencies and departments to review
existing regulations for relevance, redundancy, and impact on the
business community. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  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.  The Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development, under the direction of the advocate, shall review all
regulations affecting small businesses adopted prior to January 1,
2016, in order to determine whether the regulations need to be
amended in order to become more effective, less burdensome, or to
decrease the cost impact to affected sectors.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation requiring state agencies and departments to
review existing regulations for relevance, redundancy, and impact on
the business community.