Bill Text: CA AB541 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Small Business Board.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB541 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB541-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 541	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Member   Morrell
  Members   Morrell   and V. Manuel
Pérez 
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Grove   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 14022.2 to the Corporations Code, relating
to small business.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 541, as amended, Morrell. California Small Business Board.
   Existing law establishes the California Small Business Board in
the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and specifies its
duties, including, but not limited to, advising the Governor, the
director, as specified, and the Small Business Advocate regarding
issues and programs affecting California's small business community,
and holding public hearings in order to carry out the objectives of
the agency.
   This bill would require the board, until January 1, 2014, as a
priority area of focus and deliberation, to review the state's
licensing and permitting regulations as they impact small businesses,
with special attention to the regulatory impact on small business
startups, and would require each state agency to cooperate with the
board in that review. The bill would require the board to report a
summary of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the
Small Business Advocate, and the Legislature on July 1, 2012, July 1,
2013, and December 31, 2013, as specified.
   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 14022.2 is added to the Corporations Code, to
read:
   14022.2.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that:
   (1) One purpose of the board is to provide special advice on
issues and programs affecting the state's small business community,
as specified in subdivision (e).
   (2) In the current recession, small businesses face especially
difficult times.
   (3) Bankruptcies in the state are reported to have increased by 81
percent compared with the 12-month period from September 2008
through August 2009, and is almost double the nationwide increase of
41 percent.
   (b) In order to assist the state in better supporting small
business development, the board shall, as a priority area of focus
and deliberation, review the impact of licensing and permitting
regulations on small businesses. The board should provide special
attention to the impact on small business startups.
   (c)  The   In order to address these issues,
the  board shall undertake its activities pursuant to this
section as part of the board's regularly scheduled quarterly meetings
and within existing resources.
   (d) The board shall report a summary of its findings and
recommendations to the Governor, the Small Business Advocate, and the
Legislature on July 1, 2012, July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013.
The report, including recommendations, shall be in sufficient detail
as to guide the Governor and the Legislature to take concrete steps
to streamline and mitigate the impacts of the state's current
regulations described in subdivision (b) in a manner to better
support small businesses without diminishing employee rights and
health and safety protections.
   (e) Each state agency, as defined in Section 11000 of the
Government Code, shall cooperate with the board in the board's review
of state licensing and permitting regulations and shall respond to
all inquiries by the board in a timely manner. The board shall report
to the Small Business Advocate any significant challenges the board
experiences in obtaining the cooperation and timely responses
required by this subdivision.
   (f) The priority focus of the board on the impact of regulations
on small businesses required by this section shall be in effect until
January 1, 2014.
   (g) The reports required by this section shall be made in
accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.