Small Business Appeals Board.

Existing law sets forth procedures generally for the administrative review of the regulatory activities of state agencies. This bill would establish the Small Business Appeals Board in state government composed of 5 board members, as specified. The bill would authorize the board, at its discretion, to grant a hearing and review the order, ruling, action, or failure to act of any state agency, except a state taxing agency, upon the petition of any small business affected by the order, ruling, action, or failure to act. The bill would authorize the board to grant any remedy and impose any penalty authorized under existing law governing administrative procedures. The bill would authorize any other administrative body with jurisdiction over the matter to take the board's disposition into account in making its own determination on the matter. The bill would make findings and declarations in support of these provisions.