BILL ANALYSIS AB 2130 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 21, 2010 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Felipe Fuentes, Chair AB 2130 (Huber) - As Introduced: February 18, 2010 Policy Committee: B, P, and C.P.Vote: 11 - 0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: SUMMARY This bill makes specified boards subject to review by a new Joint Sunset Review Committee (JSRC), proposed by a companion measure, AB 1659 (Huber). Specifically, this bill: 1)Eliminates the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection (Joint Committee) and replaces it with the JSRC. 2)Requires boards and bureaus within the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) that already contain a sunset date to be reviewed by the JSRC, rather than the Joint Committee. 3)Will not become operative unless AB 1659 (Huber), is also enacted. FISCAL EFFECT If nine boards and bureaus are scheduled to sunset each year, workload associated with DCA writing and submitting a sunset review report to the JSRC would be in the range of $900,000 per year. [Various Special Funds] COMMENTS 1)Rationale . AB 2130 is a companion piece to AB 1659. In AB 1659 the author establishes a Joint Sunset Review Committee within the Legislature and creates a framework for that committee to review virtually all departments and offices within state government. That bill envisions future legislation that will create a sunset date for all of those AB 2130 Page 2 departments. In the interim, this bill begins the process by recasting the sunset provisions governing the boards and bureaus within DCA and requiring that those entities be reviewed by the JSRC. 2)The Joint Committee on Boards and Commissions . Under current law the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection is granted the power to hold public hearings at specified times and to evaluate whether a board or regulatory program under the Department of Consumer Affairs has demonstrated a need for its continued existence. Committee members have not been appointed to this committee since 2006 and the jurisdiction is limited to the boards and commissions that fall under the Business and Professions code. The author envisions the new, expanded JSRC as a replacement for that currently inactive committee. Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 319-2081