Bill Text: CA SB1327 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: State government: business information: Internet Web

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 763, Statutes of 2012. [SB1327 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1327-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1327	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  763
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Dutton, Harman, and La Malfa)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Jeffries, Portantino, Silva,
and Solorio)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1327, Cannella. State government: business information:
Internet Web site.
   Existing law requires a business to obtain various licenses from
regulatory agencies. Existing law requires state agencies to take
specified actions, including, but not limited to, designating a small
business liaison, to assist small businesses to achieve compliance
with statutory and regulatory requirements.
   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 to assist an individual with
the licensing, permitting, and registration requirements necessary to
start a business. The bill would require a state agency that the
Governor determines has licensing authority to provide accurate
updated information about its licensing requirements, and would
prohibit a state agency from using this Internet Web site as the
exclusive source of licensing information for the public. The bill
would also authorize the Governor to impose a reasonable fee, not to
exceed the actual cost to provide the service, upon users of the
Internet Web site.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12019.5 is added to the Government Code, 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 digital copy of all state licensing, permitting,
and registration applications, forms, or other similar documents
where made available for download. If a direct link to a digital copy
cannot be provided, the digital copy shall be posted and made easily
accessible for download on the Internet Web site.
   (3) Instructs individuals on how and where to submit applications,
forms, or other similar documents.
   (b) The Governor shall ensure that the Internet Web site is user
friendly and provides accurate, updated information.
   (c) (1) Each state agency that the Governor determines has
licensing authority shall provide accurate updated information about
its licensing requirements.
   (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 for that agency.
   (d) The Governor, or his or her designee, 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 subdivision (a).