BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1520| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: SB 1520 Author: Calderon (D) Amended: 5/30/12 Vote: 27 - Urgency SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM. : 12-1, 4/24/12 AYES: Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett, De León, Hernandez, Padilla, Walters, Wyland, Yee NOES: Evans SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 5/14/12 AYES: Simitian, Blakeslee, Hancock, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Pavley NO VOTE RECORDED: Strickland SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-0, 5/24/12 AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Dutton, Lieu, Steinberg NO VOTE RECORDED: Price SUBJECT : Streamlined Permit Review Team SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill requires a statement of reasons for adoption of a regulation to include a standardized impact analysis for each major regulation proposed after November 1, 2013, instead of January 1, 2013, as provided in existing law. This bill requires the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to provide information to an applicant CONTINUED SB 1520 Page 2 for a permit explaining the permit approval process and assist an applicant for a permit in identifying any permit required by a state agency for a proposed development project. Allows OPR to call a conference of parties at the state level to resolve questions or mediate disputes arising from a permit application for a development project. Lastly, it allows OPR to charge an applicant for a permit for a proposed development project a fee that does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the services performed by this bill. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Prescribes specific procedures for the review and approval of permits for development projects in the state. The Permit Streamlining Act: A. Requires public agencies to provide detailed information that will be required from an applicant for a development project. B. Requires a lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove the project within six months after the Environmental Impact Report is certified, or within three months from the date of adoption of a Negative Declaration or a determination by the lead agency that the development project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), unless the project proponent requests an extension of time. C. If no action is taken within the allotted time after CEQA review is complete, the project may be deemed approved, except that an application can only be deemed approved as a result of that failure to act if specified requirements for public notice and review have been satisfied. 2. The Administrative Procedure Act establishes rulemaking procedures and standards for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies, including a requirement that an agency adopting a major regulation SB 1520 Page 3 to release a standardized economic impact analysis. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, likely at least in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars from the General Fund beginning in 2013- 14 for permit information assistance. Costs may be partially offset with a fee. DLW:mw 5/30/12 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****