PRINTER'S NO. 1934

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1665 Session of 1993


        INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, FAJT, LAUGHLIN, CESSAR, HERMAN, FARGO,
           STURLA, FARMER, E. Z. TAYLOR AND LEH, MAY 26, 1993

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 26, 1993

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled,
     2     as reenacted, "An act providing for independent oversight and
     3     review of regulations, creating an Independent Regulatory
     4     Review Commission, providing for its powers and duties and
     5     making repeals," providing for job analysis and employment
     6     possibilities by the Independent Regulatory Review
     7     Commission.

     8     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  hereby enacts as follows:
    10     Section 1.  The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known
    11  as the Regulatory Review Act, reenacted and amended June 30,
    12  1989 (P.L.73, No.19), is amended by adding a section to read:
    13  Section 5.1.  Employment, job analysis.
    14     The commission shall perform an independent analysis of
    15  information provided by the agency under section 5(a)(1)
    16  especially as it regards the impact on existing jobs in this
    17  Commonwealth or the potential to create new employment
    18  possibilities. The results of the analysis shall be provided to
    19  the appropriate standing committees prior to final action by the
    20  committees on a particular proposed regulation. The independent

     1  analysis shall provide the committees with the commission's
     2  estimate of the net effect of the proposed regulation on total
     3  employment in this Commonwealth.
     4     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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