Upon the issuance of any regulations that affect this chapter, a copy of the regulations shall be posted on the department’s Internet Web site. A copy of the regulations shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in Sacramento, California, and in any other newspaper that the secretary may prescribe. No regulation shall become

effective until five days after the date of the posting and publication. The secretary shall mail a copy of the notice of the issuance of the regulations to every person that is directly affected by the regulations whose name and address may be on file in the office of the secretary and to every person who files in the office of the secretary a written request for the notice.