BILL NUMBER: AB 2652	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Niello

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2652, as amended, Niello. Administrative regulations:
legislative review.
   Existing law, 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  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would require the Office of Administrative Law
to submit copies of proposed regulations to the appropriate policy
committee in each house of the Legislature and that would require the
policy committees to conduct a hearing for the purpose of reviewing
the proposed regulation.   require a standing committee
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 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.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would require the Office of Administrative
Law to submit copies of proposed regulations to the appropriate
policy committee in each house of the Legislature and that would
require the policy committees to conduct a hearing for the purpose of
reviewing the proposed regulation.