THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SCAVELLO, BLOOM, R. BROWN, CARROLL, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, GINGRICH, HARHART, HARPER, HEFFLEY, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MILLARD, MURT, PERRY, PICKETT, QUINN, ROAE, SWANGER AND TOOHIL, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled,

as reenacted and amended, "An act providing for independent

oversight and review of regulations, creating an Independent

Regulatory Review Commission, providing for its powers and

duties and making repeals," further providing for existing

regulations.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 8.1 of the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633,

No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, reenacted and

amended June 30, 1989 (P.L.73, No.19) and amended December 6,

2002 (P.L.1227, No.148), is amended to read:

Section 8.1.  Existing regulations.

The commission, on its motion or at the request of any person

or member of the General Assembly, may review any existing

regulation which has been in effect for at least [three] two 

years. If a committee of the Senate or the House of

Representatives requests a review of an existing regulation, the

commission shall perform the review and shall assign it high

priority. The commission may submit recommendations to an agency

recommending changes in existing regulations if it finds the

existing regulations to be contrary to the public interest under

the criteria established in section 5.2. The commission may also

make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor

for statutory changes if the commission finds that any existing

regulation may be contrary to the public interest.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.