(a) The commission may establish by regulation an automatic process to conform its sport fishing regulations to federal regulations.
(b) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to conforming actions implemented pursuant to the automatic process specified in subdivision (a).
(c) The department shall provide public notice of a conforming action implemented pursuant to this section.