Posted: | January 27, 2015 04:52 PM |
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From: | Senator John R. Gordner |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Proposed Legislation Providing Additional Legislative Oversight of the Regulatory Review Process |
In the near future, I will be introducing legislation which will provide additional legislative oversight of the regulatory review process. Currently, when an agency proposes regulations, the agency is required to deliver the proposed regulations to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) and to the legislative committees of jurisdiction on the same day. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House designate which committees have oversight over which state agencies for the purpose of reviewing regulations promulgated by those agencies. This legislation will require that within 5 days of receipt of proposed regulations, the Chair of the committee must provide a paper or electronic copy of the proposed regulations to each committee member for their review. The Chair will also be empowered to hold hearings on the proposed regulations or to call a meeting to seek to have the committee, by a majority vote of the members of the committee, adopt official comments of the committee. Each member of the committee will still have the ability to individually submit comments to the Chair, IRRC and/or the agency. When the agency submits final form regulations, the Chair of the committee will again be required to distribute a copy to each member of the committee within 5 days. Many of the current provisions related to review of final form regulations will not be altered, but the following changes will be made to increase legislative oversight:
Thank you for your consideration and please feel free to contact my office if you have any questions regarding this proposed legislation. |
Introduced as SB562