Rulemaking
Rulemaking
Rulemaking Package 23-01 General Cleanup Provisions Issued For Comment to the Rulemaking Mailing List on December 6, 2023 and Published in the California Regulatory Notice Register 2023, Number 50-Z on December 15, 2023.
Government Code section 17527(g), authorizes the Commission on State Mandates (Commission) to adopt the proposed regulations. Reference citations: Government Code sections 11123, 11346.4, 11347, 11347.1, and 17500 et seq.
The Commission is a seven-member quasi-judicial body authorized to resolve disputes regarding the existence of state-mandated local programs (Government Code section 17500 et seq.) and to hear matters involving county applications for a finding of significant financial distress (Welfare and Institutions Code section 17000.6).
The purpose of this rulemaking is to: (1) add new formatting requirements for accessibility of new filings and written materials filed with the Commission; (2) clarify that firms or organizations may be a party’s designated representative; (3) clarify the Commission’s regulation on holding teleconferenced meetings; (4) delegate authority to the executive director to deem incomplete requests to review claiming instructions and notices of intent to join a consolidated incorrect reduction claim, withdrawn; (5) fix incorrect citations, and add or remove authority and reference citations; and (6) make minor, non-substantive edits and corrections.
Therefore, the Commission proposes revised language and citations in Articles 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Title 2, Chapter 2.5, Sections 1181.2, 1181.3, 1181.13, 1183.1, 1183.5, 1183.6, 1184.1, 1185.4, 1185.6, 1187.5, 1187.7, and 1187.8 with a proposed effective date of July 1, 2024, if no public hearing is requested, or October 1, 2024, if a public hearing is requested.
We invite your participation in the Commission’s rulemaking proceeding. The Commission’s rulemaking packet is posted at http://www.csm.ca.gov/rulemaking.shtml and includes the following documents:
- Order to Initiate Rulemaking Proceedings (No. 23-01 - Adopted December 1, 2023)
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR)
- Proposed Text of Regulations
- Full Text of Documents Relied Upon (3)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ (accessed June 27, 2023).
- PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/pdf (accessed July 5, 2023).
- What Are Accessible Fonts?, Cam Weller, https://www.accessibility.com/blog/what-are-accessible-fonts November 2, 2021 (accessed July 5, 2023).
Any interested person or their authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to the Commission. The comment period closes on January 29, 2024. The Commission will only consider written comments received at the Commission offices by that time. Commenters are strongly encouraged to submit their written comments electronically if possible (to ensure prompt delivery and prevent the spread of COVID-19) via the Commission website "Drop Box" at http://www.csm.ca.gov/dropbox.shtml. Written comments may also be submitted to: Jill Magee, Program Analyst, Commission on State Mandates, 980 Ninth Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA 95814, Phone: (916) 323-3562.
The Commission has not scheduled a public hearing for this proposed action. However, if it receives a written request for a public hearing from any interested person or their authorized representative no later than 15 days before the close of the written comment period, by January 15, 2024, the Commission will conduct a public hearing on this proposed action on March 22, 2024 and will notify all persons of the date, time, and location of the hearing pursuant to Government Code section 11346.8(a). For more details, please view the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking posted on the Commission's website as described above.
Adoption of Proposed Regulation Amendments After Close of 45-Day Comment Period
Please visit the link below for the Notice and Agenda for the Commission on State Mandates' Hearing on March 22, 2024, in person at 10:00 a.m., at Park Tower, 980 9th Street, Second Floor Conference Room, Sacramento, California, 95814 and via Zoom.
Notice, Agenda, and New Filings for CSM Hearing on March 22, 2024 issued February 22, 2024
The Commission on State Mandates has issued the following documents on March 6, 2024 that are scheduled to be heard at the CSM Hearing on March 22, 2024: