California Code
PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
CHAPTER 3.5 - Administrative Regulations and Rulemaking

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 11340. - 11340. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There...

Section 11340.1. - 11340.1. (a) The Legislature therefore declares that it is in...

Section 11340.2. - 11340.2. (a) The Office of Administrative Law is hereby established...

Section 11340.3. - 11340.3. The director may employ and fix the compensation, in...

Section 11340.4. - 11340.4. (a) The office is authorized and directed to do...

Section 11340.5. - 11340.5. (a) No state agency shall issue, utilize, enforce, or...

Section 11340.6. - 11340.6. Except where the right to petition for adoption of...

Section 11340.7. - 11340.7. (a) Upon receipt of a petition requesting the adoption,...

Section 11340.85. - 11340.85. (a) As used in this section, “electronic communication” includes...

Section 11340.9. - 11340.9. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

Section 11341. - 11341. (a) The office shall establish a system to give...

Section 11342.1. - 11342.1. Except as provided in Section 11342.4, nothing in this...

Section 11342.2. - 11342.2. Whenever by the express or implied terms of any...

Section 11342.4. - 11342.4. The office shall adopt, amend, or repeal regulations for...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 11342.510. - 11342.510. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 11342.520. - 11342.520. “Agency” means state agency. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch....

Section 11342.530. - 11342.530. “Building standard” has the same meaning provided in Section...

Section 11342.535. - 11342.535. “Cost impact” means the amount of reasonable range of...

Section 11342.540. - 11342.540. “Director” means the director of the office. (Added by...

Section 11342.545. - 11342.545. “Emergency” means a situation that calls for immediate action...

Section 11342.548. - 11342.548. “Major regulation” means any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal...

Section 11342.550. - 11342.550. “Office” means the Office of Administrative Law. (Added by...

Section 11342.560. - 11342.560. “Order of repeal” means any resolution, order, or other...

Section 11342.570. - 11342.570. “Performance standard” means a regulation that describes an objective...

Section 11342.580. - 11342.580. “Plain English” means language that satisfies the standard of...

Section 11342.590. - 11342.590. “Prescriptive standard” means a regulation that specifies the sole...

Section 11342.595. - 11342.595. “Proposed action” means the regulatory action, notice of which...

Section 11342.600. - 11342.600. “Regulation” means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of...

Section 11342.610. - 11342.610. (a) “Small business” means a business activity in agriculture,...

ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Publication

Section 11343. - 11343. Every state agency shall: (a) Transmit to the office...

Section 11343.1. - 11343.1. (a) All regulations transmitted to the Office of Administrative...

Section 11343.2. - 11343.2. The Secretary of State shall endorse on the certified...

Section 11343.3. - 11343.3. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that is...

Section 11343.4. - 11343.4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 11343.5. - 11343.5. Within 10 days from the receipt of printed copies...

Section 11343.6. - 11343.6. The filing of a certified copy of a regulation...

Section 11343.8. - 11343.8. Upon the request of a state agency, the office...

ARTICLE 4 - The California Code of Regulations, the California Code of Regulations Supplement, and the California Regulatory Notice Register

Section 11344. - 11344. The office shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 11344.1. - 11344.1. The office shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 11344.2. - 11344.2. The office shall supply a complete set of the...

Section 11344.3. - 11344.3. Every document, other than a notice of proposed rulemaking...

Section 11344.4. - 11344.4. (a) The California Code of Regulations, the California Code...

Section 11344.6. - 11344.6. The publication of a regulation in the California Code...

Section 11344.7. - 11344.7. Nothing in this chapter precludes any person or state...

Section 11344.9. - 11344.9. (a) Whenever the term “California Administrative Code” appears in...

Section 11345. - 11345. The office is not required to develop a unique...

ARTICLE 5 - Public Participation: Procedure for Adoption of Regulations

Section 11346. - 11346. (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to...

Section 11346.1. - 11346.1. (a) (1) The adoption, amendment, or repeal of an...

Section 11346.2. - 11346.2. Every agency subject to this chapter shall prepare, submit...

Section 11346.3. - 11346.3. (a) A state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or...

Section 11346.36. - 11346.36. (a) Prior to November 1, 2013, the Department of...

Section 11346.4. - 11346.4. (a) At least 45 days prior to the hearing...

Section 11346.45. - 11346.45. (a) In order to increase public participation and improve...

Section 11346.5. - 11346.5. (a) The notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal...

Section 11346.6. - 11346.6. (a) This section shall only apply to the following...

Section 11346.7. - 11346.7. The office shall maintain a link on its website...

Section 11346.8. - 11346.8. (a) If a public hearing is held, both oral...

Section 11346.9. - 11346.9. Every agency subject to this chapter shall do the...

Section 11347. - 11347. (a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed...

Section 11347. - 11347. (a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed...

Section 11347.1. - 11347.1. (a) An agency that adds any technical, theoretical, or...

Section 11347.3. - 11347.3. (a) Every agency shall maintain a file of each...

Section 11348. - 11348. Each agency subject to this chapter shall keep its...

ARTICLE 6 - Review of Proposed Regulations

Section 11349. - 11349. The following definitions govern the interpretation of this chapter:...

Section 11349.1. - 11349.1. (a) The office shall review all regulations adopted, amended,...

Section 11349.1.5. - 11349.1.5. (a) The Department of Finance and the office shall,...

Section 11349.2. - 11349.2. An agency may add material to a rulemaking file...

Section 11349.3. - 11349.3. (a) The office shall either approve a regulation submitted...

Section 11349.4. - 11349.4. (a) A regulation returned to an agency because of...

Section 11349.5. - 11349.5. (a) To initiate a review of a decision by...

Section 11349.6. - 11349.6. (a) If the adopting agency has complied with Sections...

ARTICLE 7 - Review of Existing Regulations

Section 11349.7. - 11349.7. The office, at the request of any standing, select,...

Section 11349.8. - 11349.8. (a) If the office is notified of, or on...

Section 11349.9. - 11349.9. (a) To initiate a review of the office’s Notice...

ARTICLE 8 - Judicial Review

Section 11350. - 11350. (a) Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration...

Section 11350.3. - 11350.3. Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as...

ARTICLE 9 - Special Procedures

Section 11351. - 11351. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), Article 5...

Section 11352. - 11352. The following actions are not subject to this chapter:...

Section 11353. - 11353. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter...

Section 11354. - 11354. Sections 11352 and 11353 do not affect any court’s...

Section 11354.1. - 11354.1. (a) For purposes of this section, “commission” means the...

Section 11356. - 11356. (a) Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349) is not...

Section 11357. - 11357. (a) The Department of Finance shall adopt and update,...

Section 11359. - 11359. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and...

Section 11361. - 11361. This chapter does not apply to the adoption or...