11347.3
. (a) Every agency shall maintain a file of each rulemaking
that shall be deemed to be the record for that rulemaking proceeding.
Commencing no later than the date that the notice of the proposed
action is published in the California Regulatory Notice Register, and
during all subsequent periods of time that the file is in the agency'
s possession, the agency shall make the file available to the public
for inspection and copying during regular business hours.
(b) The rulemaking file shall include:
(1) Copies of any petitions received from interested persons
proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation, and a
copy of any decision provided for by subdivision (d) of Section
11340.7, which grants a petition in whole or in part.
(2) All published notices of proposed adoption, amendment, or
repeal of the regulation, and an updated informative digest, the
initial statement of reasons, and the final statement of reasons.
(3) The determination, together with the supporting data required
by paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 11346.5.
(4) The determination, together with the supporting data required
by paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 11346.5.
(5) The estimate, together with the supporting data and
calculations, required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section
11346.5.
(6) All data and other factual information, any studies or
reports, and written comments submitted to the agency in connection
with the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation.
(7) All data and other factual information, technical,
theoretical, and empirical studies or reports, if any, on which the
agency is relying in the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a
regulation, including any economic impact assessment or standardized
regulatory impact analysis as required by Section 11346.3.
(8) A transcript, recording, or minutes of any public hearing
connected with the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation.
(9) The date on which the agency made the full text of the
proposed regulation available to the public for 15 days prior to the
adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation, if required to do
so by subdivision (c) of Section 11346.8.
(10) The text of regulations as originally proposed and the
modified text of regulations, if any, that were made available to the
public prior to adoption.
(11) Any other information, statement, report, or data that the
agency is required by law to consider or prepare in connection with
the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation.
(12) An index or table of contents that identifies each item
contained in the rulemaking file. The index or table of contents
shall include an affidavit or a declaration under penalty of perjury
in the form specified by Section 2015.5 of the Code of Civil
Procedure by the agency official who has compiled the rulemaking
file, specifying the date upon which the record was closed, and that
the file or the copy, if submitted, is complete.
(c) Every agency shall submit to the office with the adopted
regulation, the rulemaking file or a complete copy of the rulemaking
file.
(d) The rulemaking file shall be made available by the agency to
the public, and to the courts in connection with the review of the
regulation.
(e) Upon filing a regulation with the Secretary of State pursuant
to Section 11349.3, the office shall return the related rulemaking
file to the agency, after which no item contained in the file shall
be removed, altered, or destroyed or otherwise disposed of. The
agency shall maintain the file unless it elects to transmit the file
to the State Archives pursuant to subdivision (f).
(f) The agency may transmit the rulemaking file to the State
Archives. The file shall include instructions that the Secretary of
State shall not remove, alter, or destroy or otherwise dispose of any
item contained in the file. Pursuant to Section 12223.5, the
Secretary of State may designate a time for the delivery of the
rulemaking file to the State Archives in consideration of document
processing or storage limitations.