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                                                                  SB 563
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          Date of Hearing:   July 11, 2001

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                              Carole Migden, Chairwoman

                     SB 563 (Morrow) - As Amended:  May 1, 2001 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY
           
          This bill makes the following changes recommended by the  
          California Law Revision Commission to the emergency rulemaking  
          authority of the California Department of Corrections (CDC):

          1)Defines "pilot program" and specifies that the procedures for  
            adopting a pilot program regulation and emergency regulations  
            also apply to the amendment or repeal of such regulations.

          2)Extends the period for Office of Administrative Law review of  
            an emergency regulation justified by the CDC on the basis of  
            operational needs, rather than on the basis of an emergency.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible.

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . The California Law Revision Commission is required to  
          study topics approved for its study by concurrent resolution of  
          the Legislature.  ACR 17 (Wayne, Statutes of 1999) included the  
          topic of changes to administrative law and recommended in  
          October 2000 the minor changes to CDC rulemaking provisions that  
          are contained in this legislation. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916)319-2081