BILL NUMBER: AB 855	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brown

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 11502 of the Government Code, relating to
administrative law judges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 855, as introduced, Brown. Courts: administrative law judges.
   The Administrative Procedure Act contains provisions governing the
conduct of administrative adjudication and rulemaking proceedings of
state agencies.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11502 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11502.  (a) All hearings of state agencies required to be
conducted under this chapter shall be conducted by  an 
administrative law  judges   judge  on the
staff of the Office of Administrative Hearings. This subdivision
applies to a hearing required to be conducted under this chapter that
is conducted under the informal hearing or emergency decision
procedure provided in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400).
   (b) The Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings has
power to appoint a staff of administrative law judges for the office
as provided in Section 11370.3. Each administrative law judge shall
have been admitted to practice law in this state for at least five
years immediately preceding his or her appointment and shall possess
any additional qualifications established by the State Personnel
Board for the particular class of position involved.