Chapter 1 – General Administration

12010.6.6 Notices of Action

• GCGovernment Code Section 11346.36(c) states, “…the department shall convene a public hearing or hearings and take public comment on any draft regulation. Representatives from state agencies and the public at large shall be afforded the opportunity to review and comment on the draft regulation before the regulation is adopted in final form.”

• The RPMBRegulation and Policy Management Branch Project Manager does as follows:

  • Prepares a Notice of Proposed Action (Notice) for the purpose of beginning the public process.

  • Files the Notice with OALOffice of Administrative Law for publication in the California Regulatory Notice Register.

  • Ensures the posting of a Notice of Change to Regulations (NCRNotice of Change to Regulations) on the Department’s websites, the emailing of the NCRNotice of Change to Regulations to Department staff statewide, and the mailing of printed copies of the NCRNotice of Change to Regulations to persons who have requested to be placed on RPMBRegulation and Policy Management Branch and RPSRelease Program Study’s mailing list pursuant to the APAAdministrative Procedure Act.