State Air Resources Board: regulations: Office of Administrative Law: report.

Existing law imposes various functions and duties on the State Air Resources Board relating to reducing emissions of air pollutants. Existing law authorizes the state board to adopt standards, rules, and regulations necessary for the proper execution of those duties. Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies. Existing law requires the Office of Administrative Law to review specified regulations and make determinations using prescribed standards. This bill would require the state board to submit a major regulation, as defined, and other related information to the Office of Administrative Law, as specified. The bill would require the Office of Administrative Law to prepare an analysis of the major regulation, with prescribed elements, to determine the costs and benefits of the regulation and whether the regulation is technologically feasible, and to submit the analysis to the state board and the Legislature, as specified.