§ 25395.29

(a) The department may adopt regulations to implement this article as emergency regulations. The Office of Administrative Law shall consider those regulations to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare for purposes of Section 11349.6 of the Government Code. Notwithstanding the 120-day limitation in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the emergency regulations adopted or amended pursuant to this subdivision shall be repealed 180 days after the effective date of the regulations, unless the secretary or the department readopts those regulations, in whole or in part, in compliance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(b) The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement the changes made by the act of the 2001–02 Regular Session of the Legislature that amends this section. Notwithstanding the 120-day limitation specified in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the emergency regulations adopted or amended pursuant to this subdivision shall be repealed 180 days after the effective date of the regulations, unless the secretary or the department readopts those regulations, in whole or in part, in compliance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The Office of Administrative Law shall consider the regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision, to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare for purposes of Section 11349.6 of the Government Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 548, Sec. 10. Effective October 7, 2001.)