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. The act requires every agency subject to its provisions to prepare, submit to the office with the notice of proposed action, as specified, and make available to the public upon request, among other things, an initial statement of reasons for proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. The act also requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal any administrative regulation to assess the potential for adverse economic impact, as specified. The act requires an economic assessment prepared under these provisions for a major regulation proposed on or after November 1, 2013, to be prepared as provided and to be included in the above-described initial statement of reasons.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change the above-described provisions.