Plain English Breakdown
The source material mentions a population threshold but never defines what that number is.
Air Districts Must Analyze Major Rules
This law requires certain air districts covering areas with specific population sizes to prepare a standardized report on the effects of their major new rules.
What This Bill Does
- Requires certain regional air pollution control and air quality management districts to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis when adopting, amending, or repealing major regulations.
- Applies this requirement only to districts with jurisdiction over geographic areas that meet a specific population size threshold.
- Makes a nonsubstantive change to the existing definition of what counts as a 'major regulation'.
- Classifies these new duties on local agencies as a state-mandated program.
Who It Names or Affects
- Regional air pollution control districts covering areas with a specific population size.
- Regional air quality management districts covering areas with a specific population size.
- The Commission on State Mandates, which reviews costs to determine if reimbursement is required.
Terms To Know
- Standardized regulatory impact analysis
- A report explaining the effects of a new rule that state agencies must prepare for major regulations.
- Major regulation
- Under existing law, a regulation estimated to have an economic impact on California businesses and individuals exceeding $50,000,000.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official summary does not state the exact population size that triggers these new requirements.
- Reimbursement for costs depends on a determination by the Commission on State Mandates.
- Some mandates under this bill are explicitly stated to require no reimbursement, but the specific reasons or categories are not listed in the provided text.