(a) The director shall not adopt, amend, or repeal any regulation pursuant to this article until the director has held one or more hearings and submitted a report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 7652.1 or 7652.2, whichever is applicable.
(b) The report to the Legislature shall be delivered or placed in the United States Postal Service addressed to the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture and to the chairperson of the appropriate policy committee of each house of the Legislature.