California Senate Bill SB176 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 176AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Senator Galgiani  (   Coauthors:   Senators   Cannella   and Correa   )  FEBRUARY 6, 2013 An act to add  Section   Sections  11346.46  and 11346.47  to the Government Code, relating to administrative procedures. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 176, as amended, Galgiani. Administrative procedures. Existing law governs the procedure 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, including procedures relating to increased public participation in the adoption, amendment, and repeal of these regulations. This bill would, in order to increase public participation and improve the quality of regulations, require state agencies, boards, and commissions to  publish   submit  a notice prior to any meeting date or report, provided the meeting or report is seeking public input, as described.  The bill would additionally require state agencies, boards, and commissions to submit specified notices to the Office of Administrative Law, for publication in the California Regulatory Notice Register.  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 11346.46 is added to the Government Code, to read: 11346.46. (a) In order to increase public participation in the regulation development process and improve the quality of regulations, state agencies, boards, and commissions shall  publish   submit  a notice in the California Regulatory Notice  Register, as prepared by the Office of Administrative Law,   Register. The notice shall appear in the California Regulatory Notice Register  at least 15 days prior to any meeting date or report, provided the meeting or report is seeking public input. (b) For purposes of this section, meetings and reports seeking public input include, but are not limited to, the following  formal   , official, or organized  : (1) Informational hearings. (2) Workshops. (3) Scoping hearings. (4) Preliminary meetings. (5) Public and stakeholder outreach meetings.  (6) Fifteen-day comment period notices.   (7) The posting of Internet Web site links to informational and state reports prepared for public review and comment.   SEC. 2   .   Section 11346.47 is added to the   Government Code   , to read:   11346.47. State agencies, boards, and commissions shall submit a notice to the Office of Administrative Law for publication in the California Regulatory Notice Register, upon issuance or publication of the following: (a) Any notice required by either subdivision (c) of Section 11346.8, commonly known as 15-day comment period notice, or subdivision (b) of Section 11347.1. (b) Any Internet Web site link to informational reports prepared for public review that have been posted on the agency, board, or commission Internet Web site in connection with proposed regulations.