BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2130
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2130 (Huber)
As Amended August 18, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-3 |(June 3, 2010) |SENATE: |36-0 |(August 23, |
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Original Committee Reference: B.,P. & C.P.
SUMMARY : Abolishes the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions,
and Consumer Protection (Joint Committee) and makes eligible
agencies subject to review by the new Joint Sunset Review
Committee (JSRC) created by the companion measure AB 1659
(Huber).
The Senate amendments recast the Assembly version of the bill
to:
1)Abolish the Joint Committee and its authority to review all
existing boards and other entities every four years and delete
provisions of law related to the sunset review process.
2)Repeal provisions of law allowing boards subject to sunset
review to become bureaus under the Department of Consumer
Affairs (DCA) upon becoming inoperative or being repealed.
3)Make instead all "eligible agencies," as defined, subject to
review by the JSRC which would be established pursuant to AB
1659 (Huber).
4)Add a sunset date of January 1, 2013, to the following:
a) The State Race Track Leasing Commission;
b) The Capitol Area Committee;
c) The Continuing Care Advisory Committee; and,
d) The California Recreational Trails Committee.
5)Provide that the JSRC shall make a report available to the
public and the Legislature on whether an agency should be
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terminated, or continued, or whether its functions should be
revised or consolidated with those of another agency, and
include any other recommendations as necessary to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of the agency.
6)Provide that if the JSRC deems it advisable, the report may
include proposed legislation to carry out its recommendations.
7)Specify that the provisions of this measure would not become
operative unless AB 1659 is enacted and establishes the JSRC.
8)Make conforming changes.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes sunset dates on boards under DCA.
2)Establishes the Joint Committee to hold public hearings at
specified times and to evaluate whether a board or regulatory
program has demonstrated a need for its continued existence.
3)States legislative intent that all existing and proposed state
boards are subject to review every four years to evaluate and
determine whether each has demonstrated a public need for its
continued existence, as specified.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill eliminated the Joint
Committee and replaced it with the JSRC, and required boards and
bureaus within DCA that already contain a sunset date to be
reviewed by the JSRC, rather than the Joint Committee. This
bill is substantially similar to the version approved by the
Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
Analysis Prepared by : Rebecca May / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301
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