BILL NUMBER: AB 376	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2013

   An act to add Section 11344.5 to the Government Code, relating to
regulations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 376, as introduced, Donnelly. Regulations: notice.
   The Administrative Procedure Act requires the Office of
Administrative Law to provide for the official compilation, printing,
and publication of adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations,
which is known as the California Code of Regulations, provide for a
weekly update of the California Code of Regulations, and provide for
the publication of the California Regulatory Notice Register, which
includes, but is not limited to, a summary of all proposed
regulations filed with the Secretary of State in the previous week.
   This bill would require a state agency enforcing a regulation
promulgated on or after January 1, 2014, to notify a business that is
required to comply with that regulation of the existence of the
regulation 30 days before its effective date, and to cooperate with
the Secretary of State to access business records to obtain the
business contact information necessary to provide that notice.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11344.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   11344.5.  (a) An agency enforcing a regulation promulgated on or
after January 1, 2014, shall notify a business that is required to
comply with that regulation of the existence of the regulation 30
days before the effective date of the regulation.
   (b) If possible, an agency shall provide the notice required
pursuant to subdivision (a) by electronic mail, and if not possible,
then by written letter through the United States mail.
   (c) An agency required to provide notice pursuant to this section
shall cooperate with the Secretary of State to access business
records to obtain the business contact information necessary to
provide the notice.