BILL NUMBER: AB 2603	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add and repeal Article 9.5 (commencing with Section
11362) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, relating to administrative regulations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2603, as introduced, Gaines. Administrative regulations:
reductions.
   The Administrative Procedure Act generally sets forth the
requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and
implementation of regulations by state agencies.
   This bill would, until December 31, 2021, enact the California
Smart Regulation Act. The bill would require, on or before July 1,
2011, that a state agency determine how many regulations it imposes
and, on or before December 31, 2012, to reduce the total number of
regulations it has identified by 33%. The bill would also require,
until December 31, 2021, that any new regulation proposed by an
agency also eliminate another regulation.
   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.  Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 11362) is added to
Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, to read:

      Article 9.5.  Reduction of Regulations


   11362.  This article shall be known as the California Smart
Regulation Act.
   11363.  (a) On or before July 1, 2011, every agency shall
determine how many regulations it imposes.
   (b) On or before December 31, 2012, every agency shall reduce the
total number of regulations it has identified pursuant to subdivision
(a) by 33 percent.
   (c) Until December 31, 2021, any new regulation proposed by an
agency shall also eliminate another regulation.
   (d) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends
that date.