California Code of Regulations › Title 1 - General Provisions › Division 1 - Office of Administrative Law › Chapter 1 - Review of Proposed Regulations › Article 2 - Criteria Applied in the Review of Proposed Regulations › Section 101 - Digital Signature Acceptance

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Prior to submitting electronic documents
				  containing digital signatures to OAL pursuant to section
				  6.5 or section
				  100, an agency must provide the
				  following certification by the agency head to OAL in writing:
"I, [Name], as head of [Agency name], certify that my
					 digital signature on all electronic documents hereafter submitted to the Office
					 of Administrative Law pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 1,
					 section 6.5 or section
					 100 is in compliance with the
					 requirements of Government Code section
					 16.5,
					 subdivision (a), and California Code of Regulations, title 2, division 7,
					 chapter 10."
(b) If the
				  agency head wishes to delegate their authority to submit electronic documents
				  containing digital signatures to OAL pursuant to section
				  6.5 or section
				  100, then the written certification
				  in subsection (a) shall include the following:
"I authorize each of the individuals named below to certify
					 regulations on my behalf.
[List name and title of each delegate.]
I certify that each named delegate's digital signature on
					 all electronic documents hereafter submitted to the Office of Administrative
					 Law pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 1, section
					 6.5 or section
					 100 is in compliance with the
					 requirements of Government Code section
					 16.5,
					 subdivision (a), and California Code of Regulations, title 2, division 7,
					 chapter 10."
(c) The agency
				  head must sign and date the certification provided to OAL pursuant to this
				  section.
1. New
					 section filed 7-6-2020 as an emergency; operative 7-6-2020 (Register 2020, No.
					 28). Expiration date of emergency extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20)
					 plus an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-66-20) (Register 2020, No. 28). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-4-2021 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
2. New section refiled 5-5-2021 as an emergency; operative
					 5-5-2021. Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus
					 an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-71-20) (Register 2021, No. 19). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-3-2021 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
3. New section refiled 12-3-2021 as an emergency; operative
					 12-4-2021 (Register 2021, No. 49). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 3-4-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance
					 as to 12-3-2021 order transmitted to OAL 3-4-2022 and filed 4-18-2022 (Register
					 2022, No. 16).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						11342.4,
						Government Code. Reference: Section
						11343,
						Government Code.