California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL), unless there is a statutory exemption, is required to review rulemaking files developed by executive branch state agencies when they adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation. Under California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), found in...
In California, as in a number of other states, there is the so-called “sunrise” process, which is the opposite of a “sunset” (or repeal) process, in the law. When is the “sunrise” process used? When establishing a new regulatory scheme...
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL), unless there is a statutory exemption, is required to review rulemaking files developed by executive branch state agencies when they adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation. Under California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), found in...
In the California Legislature, there is a “sunset review” process that is used to evaluate whether a regulatory board or a profession or occupation should continue to be regulated by the State of California. This review process is set forth...
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL), unless there is a statutory exemption, is required to review rulemaking files developed by executive branch state agencies when they adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation. Under California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), found in...
What is a signing message? Despite no constitutional provision, Governors in this state have long used “signing messages” to accompany a Governor’s signature on a bill. What is an example of a signing message? The following is an example of...
In Title 1 of the California Code of Regulations, there are a number of regulations under the purview of the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). Chapter 2 of Title 1 deals with “Underground Regulations.” There are four regulations on this...