AB 684

This bill does all of the following:

1. Current law provides that an agency that is authorized to exercise discretion

in deciding individual cases may formalize the general policies evolving from its

decisions by promulgating those policies as rules. The bill requires an agency to

promulgate rules describing how and when the agency will impose conditions on a

license, permit, certificate, or other such approval that is granted by the agency. The

agency must, under the bill, impose conditions on licenses in accordance with those

rules.

2. Current law allows the governor, by executive order, to prescribe guidelines

to ensure that rules are promulgated in accordance with the statutory rule-making

process. The bill repeals this provision that allows the governor to prescribe such

guidelines.