BILL NUMBER: AB 586	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 9026.2 to the Government Code, relating to
regulations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 586, as introduced, Garrick. Administrative regulations:
legislative review.
   The Administrative Procedure Act governs the procedure for the
adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and
for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of
Administrative Law.
   This bill would require a standing committee of the Legislature
with jurisdiction over a state agency proposing to adopt a regulation
with a gross cost in excess of $10,000,000 to hold an informational
hearing regarding the proposed regulation.
   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.  Section 9026.2 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   9026.2.  A standing committee of the Legislature with jurisdiction
over a state agency proposing to adopt a regulation with a gross
cost in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), as estimated in
the initial statement of reasons for the regulation, shall hold an
informational hearing regarding the proposed regulation.