| 1 | 1 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 555Introduced by Senator MorrellFebruary 16, 2017 An act to add Section 11349.95 to the Government Code, relating to regulations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 555, as introduced, Morrell. Regulations: 5-year review and report. The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies.This bill would additionally require a state agency to review and report on regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, 5 years after adoption, as specified. The bill would require that the review and report include 10 specified factors, including a summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the immediately preceding 5 years and the estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation. The bill would require the Office of Administrative Law to make the review and report available on the offices Internet Web site.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11349.95 is added to the Government Code, to read:11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended.(2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site.(b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors:(1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation.(2) The objective of the regulation.(3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective.(4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency.(5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement.(6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation.(7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation.(8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings.(9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation.(10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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| 3 | 3 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 555Introduced by Senator MorrellFebruary 16, 2017 An act to add Section 11349.95 to the Government Code, relating to regulations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 555, as introduced, Morrell. Regulations: 5-year review and report. The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies.This bill would additionally require a state agency to review and report on regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, 5 years after adoption, as specified. The bill would require that the review and report include 10 specified factors, including a summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the immediately preceding 5 years and the estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation. The bill would require the Office of Administrative Law to make the review and report available on the offices Internet Web site.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO |
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| 9 | 9 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION |
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| 11 | 11 | | Senate Bill No. 555 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by Senator MorrellFebruary 16, 2017 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by Senator Morrell |
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| 16 | 16 | | February 16, 2017 |
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| 18 | 18 | | An act to add Section 11349.95 to the Government Code, relating to regulations. |
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| 20 | 20 | | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 22 | 22 | | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 24 | 24 | | SB 555, as introduced, Morrell. Regulations: 5-year review and report. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies.This bill would additionally require a state agency to review and report on regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, 5 years after adoption, as specified. The bill would require that the review and report include 10 specified factors, including a summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the immediately preceding 5 years and the estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation. The bill would require the Office of Administrative Law to make the review and report available on the offices Internet Web site. |
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| 28 | 28 | | The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. |
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| 30 | 30 | | This bill would additionally require a state agency to review and report on regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, 5 years after adoption, as specified. The bill would require that the review and report include 10 specified factors, including a summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the immediately preceding 5 years and the estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation. The bill would require the Office of Administrative Law to make the review and report available on the offices Internet Web site. |
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| 32 | 32 | | ## Digest Key |
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| 34 | 34 | | ## Bill Text |
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| 36 | 36 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11349.95 is added to the Government Code, to read:11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended.(2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site.(b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors:(1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation.(2) The objective of the regulation.(3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective.(4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency.(5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement.(6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation.(7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation.(8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings.(9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation.(10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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| 38 | 38 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 1. Section 11349.95 is added to the Government Code, to read:11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended.(2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site.(b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors:(1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation.(2) The objective of the regulation.(3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective.(4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency.(5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement.(6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation.(7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation.(8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings.(9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation.(10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 1. Section 11349.95 is added to the Government Code, to read: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended.(2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site.(b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors:(1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation.(2) The objective of the regulation.(3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective.(4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency.(5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement.(6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation.(7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation.(8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings.(9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation.(10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended.(2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site.(b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors:(1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation.(2) The objective of the regulation.(3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective.(4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency.(5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement.(6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation.(7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation.(8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings.(9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation.(10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended.(2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site.(b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors:(1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation.(2) The objective of the regulation.(3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective.(4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency.(5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement.(6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation.(7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation.(8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings.(9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation.(10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 11349.95. (a) (1) A state agency shall review and report on all regulations that it adopts or amends on and after January 1, 2018, as required by this section. The review and report shall be completed and submitted to the office on or before May 1 immediately following five years after the date the regulation was adopted or amended. |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) The office shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available on the offices Internet Web site. |
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| 60 | 60 | | (b) The review and report required by this section shall include all of the following factors: |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) The general and specific statutes authorizing the regulation. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) The objective of the regulation. |
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| 66 | 66 | | (3) The effectiveness of the regulation in achieving the objective. |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4) The consistency of the regulation with state and federal statutes and regulations and a listing of the statutes or regulations used in determining the consistency. |
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| 70 | 70 | | (5) The agency enforcement policy, including whether the regulation is currently being enforced and, if so, whether there are any problems with enforcement. |
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| 72 | 72 | | (6) The agency view regarding current wisdom of the regulation. |
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| 74 | 74 | | (7) The clarity, conciseness, and understandability of the regulation. |
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| 76 | 76 | | (8) A summary of the written criticisms of the regulation received by the agency within the five years immediately preceding the five-year review report, including letters, memoranda, reports, and written allegations made in litigation or administrative proceedings, to which the agency was a party, that the regulation is discriminatory, unfair, unclear, inconsistent with statute, or beyond the authority of the agency to enact, and the result of the litigation or administrative proceedings. |
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| 78 | 78 | | (9) The estimated economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation as compared to the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement prepared on the last making of the regulation, or, if no economic, small business, and consumer impact statement was prepared on the last making of the rule, an assessment of the actual economic, small business, and consumer impact of the regulation. |
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| 80 | 80 | | (10) Course of action the agency proposes to take regarding each regulation, including the month and year in which the agency anticipates submitting the rules to the office if the agency determines it is necessary to amend or repeal an existing rule, or to make a new rule. |
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