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                                                                  AB 2126
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          Date of Hearing:   March 27, 2012

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
                                 Marty Block, Chair
                 AB 2126 (Block) - As Introduced:  February 23, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   California State University: regulations.

           SUMMARY :   Deletes the sunset date for provisions governing the 
          adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by the California 
          State University (CSU) Trustees.  

           EXISTING LAW  establishes procedures for the adoption, amendment 
          or repeal of regulations by the CSU Trustees, rather than the 
          process set forth in the Administrative Procedures Act, until 
          January 1, 2013.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  Prior to the enactment of AB 3132 (Firestone), 
          Chapter 938, Statutes of 1996, CSU was required to follow the 
          Administrative Procedures Act (APA) when promulgating rules and 
          regulations, which required review of all proposed regulations 
          to be completed by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).  With 
          the enactment of AB 3132 the CSU Trustees were authorized to 
          streamline many operations, including to promulgate regulations, 
          without having to utilize the procedures outlined in the APA.  
          Under the authority provided in AB 3132, the CSU Office of 
          General Counsel (OGC) is charged with performing a review 
          similar to that previously performed by OAL.  This authority was 
          granted for an initial period of five years and has since been 
          extended by several statues.  Current law, enacted by AB 262 
          (Coto), Chapter 679, Statutes of 2007, extends this authority 
          until January 1, 2013.  This bill would remove the sunset date.

          This bill would remove the sunset provision, and would allow CSU 
          Trustees to continue the process of adopting regulations through 
          the CSU OGC indefinitely.  The author notes that CSU has 
          received no complaints about the current process despite 
          enacting, repealing or modifying 68 groups of regulations.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           








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          California State University Office of the Chancellor (Sponsor)

           Opposition 
           
          None on File
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916) 
          319-3960