Report 2009-501 Recommendation 5 Responses

Report 2009-501: State Mandates: Operational and Structural Changes Have Yielded Limited Improvements in Expediting Processes and in Controlling Costs and Liabilities (Release Date: October 2009)

Recommendation #5 To: Mandates, Commission on State

To promote the legislatively determined, joint, and Commission processes and to provide the necessary information to assess their success, the Commission should add additional information in its semiannual report to inform the Legislature about the status of mandates being developed under joint and Commission processes, including delays that may be occurring. If the Commission believes it needs a statutory change to implement this recommendation, it should seek it.

1-Year Agency Response

In September 2010 the governor approved Chapter 699, Statutes of 2010, requiring that the Commission’s semiannual report to the Legislature include information on the status of mandates being developed under joint and Commission processes, and any related delays in their development. The Commission also added information about alternative processes to its Web site. (See 2011-406, p. 53).

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-501

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.