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                                                                  AB 425
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          Date of Hearing:   May 18, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                AB 425 (Nestande) - As Introduced:  February 14, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            8 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires that each state entity the promulgates 
          regulations review those regulations and repeal or report to the 
          Legislature by December 31, 2012, those regulations identified 
          as duplicative, archaic, or inconsistent with state statute. In 
          addition, it requires the affected state agencies to report to 
          the Legislature by that date on regulations deemed to inhibit 
          economic growth in the state. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Unknown costs, likely in excess of $1 million, for all affected 
          state entities to review and assess all regulations in order to 
          determine their worth and whether or not they inhibit economic 
          growth in the state. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . This bill requires each state entity to review 
            previously adopted regulations, and repeal or report to the 
            Legislature those identified as duplicative, archaic, 
            inconsistent with statute or other regulations, or deemed to 
            inhibit economic growth in the state.

            The author intends for this bill to begin the process of 
            eliminating duplicative and archaic state regulations.  
            According to the author, California's regulations play a 
            significant role in the decision-making of job creators about 
            whether they should invest in California or relocate to other 
            states.  









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           2)Related Legislation  . Over the last two years, dozens of bills 
            have been introduced in the Legislature that attempt to 
            change, streamline, or improve the regulations process. Among 
            the bills pending in the Assembly are AB 127 (Logue), AB 213 
            (Silva), AB 273 (Valadao), AB 338 (Wagner), AB 410 (Swanson), 
            AB 429 (Knight), AB 530 (Smyth), AB 535 (Morrell), AB 586 
            (Garrick), AB 632 (Wagner), AB 691 (Perea), AB 1213 (Nielsen), 
            and AB 1322 (Bradford). 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081