Prior to consideration by the Legislature of legislation creating a new state board that is advisory only, except for a proposed new state board whose primary purpose is to advise on the licensing and regulation of a profession, a plan for the establishment and operation of the proposed state board shall be developed by the author or sponsor of the legislation. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) A description of the problem that the proposed advisory state board would address.

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(b) A listing of those currently established state advisory and administrative entities addressing the same or similar problems.

(c) The necessary data and other information required in this section shall be provided to the Legislature with the initial legislation and forwarded to the policy committees in which the bill will be heard.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 315, Sec. 4. (AB 28) Effective January 1, 2012.)