Section 11501 - Applicability of chapter; effective date(a) This chapter applies to any agency as determined by the statutes relating to that agency.(b) This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding of an agency created on or after July 1, 1997, unless the statutes relating to the proceeding provide otherwise.(c) Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) applies to an adjudicative proceeding required to be conducted under this chapter, unless the statutes relating to the proceeding provide otherwise.Repealed (in Sec. 24) and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec. 24.5. Effective January 1, 1996. Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 98 of Ch. 938.