The department shall adopt emergency regulations, as necessary to implement the changes made to this article by the act that added this section during the first year of the 2005-06 Regular Session, no later than September 30, 2005, unless notification of a delay is made to the Chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee prior to that date. The adoption of regulations implementing the applicable provisions of this act shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. The emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and shall remain in effect for no more than 180 days, by which time the final regulations shall be developed.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 78, Sec. 12.9. Effective July 19, 2005.)