California Administrative Law
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Background Information
- How to Participate in the Rulemaking Process
- Contains more in-depth information about the California rulemaking process
California Code of Regulations
- Includes rules and regulations that have been adopted by State agencies to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by the agency. It is divided into separate parts, called titles. Each title is numbered and covers a general subject area. California Administrative Code titles.
- California Code of Regulations
- Internet site that contains the full text of the California Code of Regulations. Updated weekly.
- California Regulatory Notice Register
- Contains notices of proposed regulatory actions by state regulatory agencies to adopt, amend or repeal regulations contained in the California Code of Regulations. The effective period of a notice of proposed regulatory action by a state agency in the California Regulatory Notice Register shall not exceed one year. It is published every Friday.
- Rulemaking Calendar
- Lists rulemaking actions anticipated by an agency for a calendar year.
- Emergency Regulations
- Contains a description of the emergency regulation process, proposed emergency regulations under review and recent actions taken on proposed emergency regulations.
Opinions of the California Attorney General
- As the State's chief counsel, the Attorney General will issue written opinions on specific legal questions at the request of some governmental body interpreting the law for the requesting governmental body. Although these opinions are the official statements of an executive officer, issued in accordance with his or her authority, they are merely advisory statements and are not mandatory orders. Therefore, the inquirers and other officials are not bound to follow such recommendations and conclusions. However, the opinions are strongly persuasive and are generally followed by executive officers. Also, they have significant influence on the courts in their deliberations. The opinions generally relate to the interpretation of statutes or general legal problems.
