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

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify how the State Air Resources Board will use the analysis or when it will take effect.

Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis for Air Resources Board

This law requires the State Air Resources Board to include information about how new regulations will affect daily living expenses when they make rules.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the State Air Resources Board to prepare a detailed analysis of any major regulation it proposes.
• The analysis must look at how these regulations might change everyday expenses for Californians, like gas and electricity bills.
• It also needs to consider impacts on businesses in California when making new rules.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Air Resources Board
• Californian residents who pay for daily living expenses such as gasoline, electricity, consumer goods, food, housing, and building construction costs.
• Businesses in California

Terms To Know

Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis

A detailed report that looks at how new rules might affect people's lives and businesses.

State Air Resources Board

The agency in California responsible for making rules to protect air quality and fight climate change.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear what specific actions the State Air Resources Board will take based on this analysis.
• This bill does not specify when it will go into effect after being signed by the governor.

Official Summary Text

SB 981, as amended, Niello.
Administrative regulations: standardized regulatory impact analysis: 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 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, sets forth the requirements for the adoption, publication, review, and implementation of regulations by state agencies. Existing law requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation on or after November 1, 2013, to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis, as specified, that addresses, among other things, the competitive advantages or disadvantages for businesses currently doing business within the
state and the benefits to health, safety, and welfare of the regulations.
This bill would require a standardized regulatory impact analysis prepared by the State Air Resources Board to additionally address cost of living impacts on residents of the state, including, but not limited to, retail gasoline and transportation costs, consumer electric bills, consumer goods and food costs, housing and building construction costs, and costs to businesses.

Current Bill Text

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