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                                 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 
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          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 







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             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 

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