California Office of Administrative Law

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Office of Administrative Law
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OAL headquarters at 300 Capitol Mall in Sacramento
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 11, 1979 (1979-09-11)
Preceding agency
  • Office of Administrative Hearings
Jurisdiction California
Agency executive
  • Debra Cornez, director
Parent agency California Government Operations Agency
Key document
Website oal.ca.gov

The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is the California agency responsible for carrying out the rulemaking part of the California Administrative Procedure Act. [2] It is overseen by the California Government Operations Agency. [3]

Contents

The OAL is responsible for publishing the weekly California Regulatory Notice Register and the resulting California Code of Regulations (CCR).

List of directors

DirectorTenure
Debra M. CornezApril 11, 2012 – current
Debra M. Cornez (acting)January 3, 2011 – April 10, 2012
Susan A. LapsleyMay 10, 2007 – January 2, 2011
William L. GausewitzJuly 27, 2004 –

References

  1. California State Assembly. "An act to repeal Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of, and to add Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) to Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to governmental regulation". 1979–1980 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 567p. 1778.
  2. California Government Code §11340.2 Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "About Us". California Government Operations Agency. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved March 15, 2014.