BILL NUMBER: AB 2692	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Tran

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add and repeal Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 8850)
of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state
government.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2692, as introduced, Tran. Small Business Regulatory Reform
Commission.
   Existing law authorizes various state entities to regulate
businesses operating within the state.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2014, create the Small Business
Regulatory Reform Commission, consisting of 7 members appointed by
Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the
Assembly, and authorize the commission to recommend reforms to state
regulations that will encourage the development and expansion of
small businesses operating within the state by submitting an annual
report to the Governor and Legislature.
   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.  Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 8850) is added to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 11.  SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REFORM COMMISSION


   8850.  (a) There is in state government the Small Business
Regulatory Reform Commission, consisting of seven members, selected
as follows and who serve at the pleasure of their appointing
authority:
   (1) Four members appointed by the Governor.
   (2) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (b) Members of the Small Business Regulatory Reform Commission may
receive a per diem for days on which the commission meets and be
compensated for reasonable travel expenses to attend those meetings.
   8851.  (a) The Small Business Regulatory Reform Commission is
authorized to recommend reforms to state regulations that will
encourage the development and expansion of small businesses operating
within the state, including, but not limited to, reforms that will
decrease expenses incurred by small businesses that result from state
regulations and encourage small businesses to hire employees and buy
supplies and materials from within the state.
   (b) The Small Business Regulatory Reform Commission shall make its
recommendations by submitting an annual report to the Governor and
Legislature.
   8852.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.