Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: administration: rulemaking procedures.

Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to prescribe rules and adopt regulations for the administration of the prisons and administration of paroles pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, as specified, but exempts from that requirement regulations relating to pilot programs or to imminent danger, as specified. This bill would also exempt from that requirement rules that relate to the procedures, training of staff, staffing levels, design and layout of an execution chamber, or related processes for the administration of the death penalty, as specified. The bill would provide that its provisions shall not be deemed to alter or otherwise apply to habeas corpus or appellate procedures in capital cases.