BILL NUMBER: SB 176	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Cannella   and Correa   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2013

   An act to add  Section   Sections 
11346.46  and 11346.47  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  publish   submit  a
notice prior to any meeting date or report, provided the meeting or
report is seeking public input, as described.  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. 
   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 
publish   submit  a notice in the California
Regulatory Notice  Register, as prepared by the Office of
Administrative Law,   Register. The notice shall appear
in the California Regulatory Notice Register  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 
formal   , official, or organized  :
   (1) Informational hearings.
   (2) Workshops.
   (3) Scoping hearings.
   (4) Preliminary meetings.
   (5) Public and stakeholder outreach meetings. 
   (6) Fifteen-day comment period notices.  
   (7) The posting of Internet Web site links to informational and
state reports prepared for public review and comment. 
   SEC. 2   .    Section 11346.47 is added to
the   Government Code   , to read:  
   11346.47.  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.