Bill Text: CA AB292 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Code of Regulations: open access.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB292 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB292-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 292	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to amend Section 11344 of the Government Code, relating to
the California Code of Regulations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 292, as introduced, Nestande. California Code of Regulations:
open access.
   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 provide that the full text of the California Code
of Regulations shall bear an open access creative commons attribution
license, allowing any individual, at no cost, to use, distribute,
and create derivative works based on the material for either
commercial or noncommercial purposes.
   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 11344 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11344.  The office shall do all of the following:
   (a) Provide for the official compilation, printing, and
publication of adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations, which
shall be known as the California Code of Regulations.  On

    (1)     On  and after July 1, 1998,
the office shall make available on the Internet, free of charge, the
full text of the California Code of Regulations, and may contract
with another state agency or a private entity in order to provide
this service. 
   (2) On and after January 1, 2014, or upon the expiration of an
existing contract, the full text of the California Code of
Regulations shall bear an open access creative commons attribution
license, allowing any individual, at no cost, to use, distribute, and
create derivative works based on the material for either commercial
or noncommercial purposes. 
   (b) Make available on its Internet Web site a list of, and a link
to the full text of, each regulation filed with the Secretary of
State that is pending effectiveness pursuant to Section 11343.4.
   (c) Provide for the compilation, printing, and publication of
weekly updates of the California Code of Regulations. This
publication shall be known as the California Code of Regulations
Supplement and shall contain amendments to the code.
   (d) Provide for the publication dates and manner and form in which
regulations shall be printed and distributed and ensure that
regulations are available in printed form at the earliest practicable
date after filing with the Secretary of State.
   (e) Ensure that each regulation is printed together with a
reference to the statutory authority pursuant to which it was enacted
and the specific statute or other provision of law which the
regulation is implementing, interpreting, or making specific.