Administrative regulations: economic impact analysis and standardized regulatory impact assessments: State Air Resources Board.

Plain English Breakdown

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Economic Impact Analysis for Air Regulations

This law requires the State Air Resources Board to analyze how new or changed air regulations will affect low- and middle-income families and disadvantaged communities, and to share this information with lawmakers before any changes take effect.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the State Air Resources Board to create an economic impact assessment when proposing new or updated rules about air quality.
• The assessment must look at how these rules will affect low- and middle-income families and disadvantaged communities in California.
• Before a rule change can take place, the board has to send this assessment to lawmakers at least 6 months before it happens.
• If the proposed changes might raise costs for businesses or individuals, lawmakers have to hold a public meeting about them.
• The State Air Resources Board must also include information on how these rules will affect different income groups and provide an easy-to-understand summary.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Air Resources Board
• Lawmakers in the California Legislature
• Businesses and individuals affected by air quality regulations

Terms To Know

Economic Impact Assessment

A report that looks at how new rules or changes might affect people's jobs, money, and businesses.

Disadvantaged Communities

Areas where many residents face challenges like poverty, pollution, or lack of healthcare.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the public hearing is delayed.
• It's unclear how long it will take for the State Air Resources Board to complete these assessments.
• There are no details on who decides which communities are considered 'disadvantaged'.

Official Summary Text

SB 1161, as amended, Valladares.
Administrative regulations: economic impact
analysis:
analysis and standardized regulatory impact assessments:
State Air Resources Board.
Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act, and requires the state board to adopt standards, rules, and regulations that are consistent with the state goal of providing a decent home and suitable living environment for every Californian.
Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs, among other things, the procedures for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies. Existing law requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal
administrative regulations to assess the potential for adverse economic impact on California business enterprises and individuals, as provided. Existing law provides that a regulation or an order of repeal of a regulation becomes effective on a
quarterly basis, as prescribed, except in specified instances.
a regulation that is not a major regulation, as defined, to prepare an economic impact assessment, as provided. Existing law requires a state agency that is proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis, as provided.
This bill would require the State Air Resources Board proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation to prepare an economic impact assessment that assesses whether and to what extent it will affect low- and middle-income California households and disadvantage communities, as specified. The bill would require the State Air Resources Board, at least 6 months before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation goes into effect, to transmit to the Legislature this economic impact assessment. The bill would require the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature to hold a joint public hearing on the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation, upon receiving the economic impact assessment, if the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation would raise costs, as specified, and provide that the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation does not go into effect until the joint
public hearing is held.
This bill would require the State Air Resources Board proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation to include in either the economic impact assessment, or the standardized regulatory impact assessment, a distributional analysis of the costs, benefits, and net impacts on personal income across income levels and an informative digest, as provided.

Current Bill Text

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