Amended in Senate April 24, 2013

Senate Bill No. 176

Introduced by Senator Galgiani

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(Coauthors: Senators Cannella and Correa)

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February 6, 2013

An act to add begin delete Section end delete begin insert Sections end insert 11346.46 begin insert and 11346.47 end insert to the Government Code, relating to administrative procedures.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 176, as amended, Galgiani. Administrative procedures.

Existing law governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law, including procedures relating to increased public participation in the adoption, amendment, and repeal of these regulations.

This bill would, in order to increase public participation and improve the quality of regulations, require state agencies, boards, and commissions to begin delete publish end delete begin insert submit end insert a notice prior to any meeting date or report, provided the meeting or report is seeking public input, as described. begin insert The bill would additionally require state agencies, boards, and commissions to submit specified notices to the Office of Administrative Law, for publication in the California Regulatory Notice Register. end insert

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 11346.46 is added to the Government
Code, to read:

11346.46.  

(a) In order to increase public participation in the
regulation development process and improve the quality of
regulations, state agencies, boards, and commissions shall begin delete publish end delete
begin insert submit end insert a notice in the California Regulatory Notice begin delete Register, as
prepared by the Office of Administrative Law, end delete begin insert Register. The notice
shall appear in the California Regulatory Notice Register end insert at least
15 days prior to any meeting date or report, provided the meeting
or report is seeking public input.

(b) For purposes of this section, meetings and reports seeking
public input include, but are not limited to, the following begin insert formal,
official, or organized end insert :

(1) Informational hearings.

(2) Workshops.

(3) Scoping hearings.

(4) Preliminary meetings.

(5) Public and stakeholder outreach meetings.

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(6) Fifteen-day comment period notices.

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(7) The posting of Internet Web site links to informational and
state reports prepared for public review and comment.

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begin insert Section 11346.47 is added to the end insert begin insert Government Code end insert begin insert ,
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State agencies, boards, and commissions shall submit
a notice to the Office of Administrative Law for publication in the
California Regulatory Notice Register, upon issuance or
publication of the following:

(a) Any notice required by either subdivision (c) of Section
11346.8, commonly known as 15-day comment period notice, or
subdivision (b) of Section 11347.1.

(b) Any Internet Web site link to informational reports prepared
for public review that have been posted on the agency, board, or
commission Internet Web site in connection with proposed
regulations.

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