Administrative regulations: standardized regulatory impact analysis: State Air Resources Board.
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill requires the State Air Resources Board to conduct a more detailed analysis when proposing new regulations. Specifically, it mandates that these analyses include an assessment of the potential impact on residents’ cost of living, such as gasoline prices, electricity bills, and housing costs. The goal is to ensure that new regulations don’t disproportionately burden Californians, particularly those with lower incomes.
Key provisions
- Requires the State Air Resources Board to include cost of living impacts in its regulatory impact analyses.
- Expands the scope of regulatory impact analyses to consider retail gasoline and transportation costs.
- Addresses consumer electric bills, consumer goods and food costs, housing and building construction costs, and business costs.
- Reinforces the need for agencies to assess the impact on small businesses.
- Requires agencies to consider the impact on businesses competing with businesses in other states.
- Mandates that agencies consider the potential for adverse economic impact on California businesses and individuals.
- Requires agencies to use the consolidated definition of small business when assessing economic impact.
- Requires agencies to submit regulatory impact analyses to the Department of Finance for review.
Who is affected
- California Residents
- Businesses in California
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