BILL NUMBER: AB 656	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act relating to state agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 656, as introduced, Huber. State agencies: repeal review
schedule.
   Existing law establishes the Joint Sunset Review Committee for the
purpose of identifying and eliminating waste, duplication, and
inefficiency in government agencies and conducting a comprehensive
analysis of every "eligible agency," as defined, to determine if the
agency is still necessary and cost effective. Existing law defines an
"eligible agency" as an entity of state government, however
denominated, for which a date for repeal has been established by
statute on or after January 1, 2011. Existing law requires the
committee to take public testimony and evaluate the eligible agency
prior to the date the agency is scheduled to be repealed, and
requires that an eligible agency be eliminated unless the Legislature
enacts a law to extend, consolidate, or reorganize the agency.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would further define the review schedule for the
Joint Sunset Review Committee.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would further define the review schedule for the
Joint Sunset Review Committee.