Bill Text: CA AB393 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Office of Business and Economic Development: Internet

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2013. [AB393 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB393-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 393	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  124
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 19, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 29, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to amend Section 12019.5 of the Government Code, relating
to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 393, Cooley. Office of Business and Economic Development:
Internet Web site.
   Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development to ensure that the office's
Internet Web site contains information to assist an individual with
the licensing, permitting, and registration requirements necessary to
start a business. Existing law also requires a state agency that the
Governor determines has licensing authority to provide accurate
updated information about its licensing requirements, as provided.
Existing law also authorizes the Governor to impose a reasonable fee,
not to exceed the actual cost to provide the service, upon users of
the Internet Web site.
   This bill would require the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development to ensure that the office's
Internet Web site contains information on the fee requirements and
fee schedules of state agencies and would also require a state agency
that has licensing, permitting, or registration authority to provide
accurate updated information about its fee schedule to the Governor'
s Office of Business and Economic Development, as provided. This
bill, with regard to the imposition of a reasonable fee upon users of
the Internet Web site, would instead authorize the Governor's Office
of Business and Economic Development to impose that fee.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Small business is a cornerstone of California's economy.
   (b) There are approximately 3.5 million small businesses in
California and they account for 99 percent of the state's employers.
   (c) Nationwide, approximately one-half of all new small businesses
survive five years or more and only one-third survive longer than 10
years.
  SEC. 2.  Section 12019.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   12019.5.  (a) The Director of the Governor's Office of Business
and Economic Development shall ensure that the office's Internet Web
site contains information on the licensing, permitting, and
registration requirements of state agencies, and shall include, but
not be limited to, information that does all of the following:
   (1) Assists individuals with identifying the type of applications,
forms, or other similar documents an applicant may need.
   (2) Provides a direct link to a digital copy of all state
licensing, permitting, and registration applications, forms, or other
similar documents where made available for download.
   (3) Instructs individuals on how and where to submit applications,
forms, or other similar documents.
   (b) The Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development shall ensure that the office's Internet Web site
contains information on the fee requirements and fee schedules of
state agencies, and shall include, but not be limited to, information
that does all of the following:
   (1) Assists individuals with identifying the types of fees and
their due dates.
   (2) Provides direct links to the fee requirements and fee
schedules for all state agencies, where made available for download.
   (3) Instructs individuals on how and where to submit payments.
   (c) The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
shall ensure that the Internet Web site is user-friendly and provides
accurate, updated information.
   (d) (1) Each state agency that has licensing, permitting, or
registration authority shall provide direct links to information
about its licensing, permitting, and registration requirements and
fee schedule to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development.
   (2) A state agency shall not use the Internet Web site established
under this section as the exclusive source of information for the
public to access licensing requirements and fees for that agency.
   (e) The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development may
impose a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual cost to provide
the service, as a condition of accessing information on the Internet
Web site established under subdivisions (a) and (b).