BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  AB 1415
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          Date of Hearing:   May 15, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

            AB 1415 (Committee on Accountability) - As Introduced:  March  
                                      20, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                              Accountability  
          and Administrative Review                     Vote: 14 - 1 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill extends from 30 days to 45 days the time any  
          interested person has to obtain a judicial review of a given  
          determination on the status of a regulation by filing a written  
          petition requesting that the determination of the Office of  
          Administrative Law (OAL) be modified or set aside.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation.  


           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  . The OAL reviews all rules, regulations and orders,  
            and any revisions to those rules, regulations and orders that  
            any state agency may use to administer its statutory  
            authority. If the OAL finds that a regulation adopted by an  
            agency has not gone through the appropriate procedures and  
            been filed with the Secretary of State, it may issue a public  
            determination on the status of the regulation. 

           2)Purpose  . This bill is intended to increase access and  
            transparency in the regulation and rule making process.  
            Extending the filing deadline from 30 to 45 days will allow  
            more time for an interested party to both identify an OAL  
            determination and to file a written petition requesting that  
            the determination of the OAL be modified or set aside. 

           








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081