BILL NUMBER: AB 756	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 756, as introduced, Chang. Small businesses: state agencies:
civil fines and penalties.
   Generally, existing law authorizes state agencies to assess
administrative fines or recover civil penalties in enforcement
actions against business establishments for violating various state
laws. Existing law prohibits a state agency from imposing any civil
fine on a small business, as defined, for a violation of an
administrative rule or regulation or a noncriminal statute as a
result of a Year 2000 Problem, as defined, suffered by the small
business if certain requirements are met.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would authorize certain state agencies to waive
penalties for small businesses within their first 120 days of
operation if certain requirements are met.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would authorize certain state agencies to waive
penalties for small businesses within their first 120 days of
operation if the violation does not create a threat to health or
safety, does not violate any provision of the Labor Code, and was not
done intentionally.