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          Date of Hearing:  May 13, 2015


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                                 Jimmy Gomez, Chair


          AB  
          419 (Kim) - As Amended May 4, 2015


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill requires the Governor's Office of Business and  
          Economic Development (GO-Biz) to create a Web-access point on  
          its Internet Web site to include information about the state  
          rulemaking process and a link to relevant information on the  








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          Internet Web site of the Office of Administrative Law including,  
          but not limited to, information found in the California Code of  
          Regulations, the California Regulatory Notice Register, and the  
          California Code of Regulations Supplement. Specifically, this  
          bill:


          1)Requires information on the GO-Biz Web site to assist a small  
            business in understanding how to effectively find relevant  
            information on pending and current regulations that may affect  
            small businesses generally, as well as specific industry  
            sectors.



          2)Requires the Web-access point to be integrated into the  
            existing GO-Biz Internet Web site as updates and enhancements  
            are designed and implemented. 



          3)Specifies the requirements of the bill shall be met within the  
            existing schedule for technology and programing upgrades, and  
            progress on the requirements may be included in the annual  
            report of the Office of Small Business Advocate.
          FISCAL EFFECT:


          No costs to GO-Biz as they indicate the requirements of the bill  
          are already being implemented. 


          COMMENTS:


          Purpose. According to the author, the regulatory environment  
          disproportionately affects small businesses.  Many of small  
          business owners point to regulations as their single most  
          important problem and call for reforming the regulatory process.  








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           This bill seeks to provide greater transparency to the  
          rule-making and regulatory environment.  



          Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081