AB 19, as amended, Chang. Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: small business: regulations.
Existing law creates the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to exercise various powers, including, among others, making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. Existing law establishes the Office of Small Business Advocate, within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, that is headed by the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate who is also referred to as the Small Business Advocate.
This bill would require the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development,begin delete under the direction ofend deletebegin insert in consultation withend insert the
advocate, tobegin insert establish a process for the ongoingend insert reviewbegin insert of existingend insert regulationsbegin insert. The bill would require the review to be primarily focused on regulationsend insert affecting small businesses adopted prior to January 1, 2016, to determine whether the regulationsbegin delete need to be amended in order to become more effective,end deletebegin insert could beend insert lessbegin delete burdensome, or to decrease the cost impactend deletebegin insert
administratively burdensome or costlyend insert to affected sectors. The bill would require the office to submit the results of its review, including its conclusions and recommendations, to the agency with jurisdiction over thebegin insert reviewedend insert regulations and tobegin delete provide public access to thisend deletebegin insert post the sameend insert information on its Internet Web site.
The bill would also require the office to report to the Legislature and the Governor prior to January 1, 2021, and would repeal all of these requirements on January 1, 2021.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 12098.2 is added to the Government
2Code, to read:
(a) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
4Development,begin delete under the direction ofend deletebegin insert in consultation withend insert the
5advocate, shallbegin insert establish a process for the ongoingend insert reviewbegin insert of
6existingend insertbegin delete regulationsend deletebegin insert regulations. The review shall
focus on
7regulations primarilyend insert affecting small businesses adopted prior to
8January 1, 2016, to determine whether the regulationsbegin delete need to be begin insert could beend insert less
9amended in order to become more effective,end delete
10begin delete burdensome, or to decrease the cost impactend deletebegin insert administratively
11burdensome or costlyend insert to affected sectors.
12(b) The office shall establish a processbegin delete through which begin insert
that includes all of the
13stakeholders may request that a regulation be reviewed by the
14office. The office shall establish a priority review process and shall
15determine whether a regulation identified pursuant to this
16subdivision is suitable for priority review.end delete
17following:end insert
18(1) An annual calendar of reviews, which shall be no less than
19two per year.
20(2) A means by which stakeholders may request that a regulation
21be reviewed by the office.
22(3) A means by which the office can set priorities for undertaking
23reviews.
P3 1(4) A means by which the public, including small business, can
2provide input on current costs and challenges in implementing the
3regulation under review.
4(5) A means by which the
public, including small business, can
5make recommendations for an alternative implementation method
6or methods that would be less burdensome and costly.
7(c) Thebegin delete officeend deletebegin insert office, following a public comment period,end insert shall
8determine whether the regulationbegin delete presents problems, as set forth begin insert
could be
9in subdivision (a), and shall identify proposed remediesend delete
10implemented through an alternative method or methods that are
11less administratively burdensome or costlyend insert. Upon completion of
12the review, the office shall submit the results of its review,
13including its conclusions and recommendations, to the agency with
14jurisdiction over thebegin insert reviewedend insert regulations and shallbegin delete provide public begin insert post the sameend insert information on its Internet Web site.
15access to thisend delete
16(d) Notwithstanding any law, the office shall report to the
17Legislature and the Governor prior to January 1, 2021. The report
18shall include a listing of all
regulations reviewed, the results of
19each review including thebegin delete remediesend deletebegin insert alternative implementation
20method or methodsend insert the office proposed, and a description of the
21actions taken by the responsible agency. The report shall be
22submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
23(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021,
24and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
25is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
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