Legislation sponsored by New Jersey State Senators Steve Oroho (R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon) and Kevin O'Toole (R-Essex, Bergen, Passaic) that would simplify and modernize the rulemaking processes for state agencies passed the Senate today.
"To make our state competitive again, we need to identify and eliminate unnecessary regulations that make it difficult for businesses to stay and grow in New Jersey," stated Oroho, a member of the Red Tape Review group. "This legislation will eliminate the regulatory bureaucracy that has hindered economic development and job growth and help put unemployed and underemployed New Jerseyans back to work. Both of these bills will improve the efficiency and consistency of the state’s regulatory structure without compromising public safety or environmental protection."
Both bills, S-2013 and S-2014, were a result of the bipartisan Red Tape Review Commission's final report. The Group was created by Executive Order and made a series of recommendations to improve the regulatory process to promote job creation and retention, economic growth and investment in New Jersey.
"By streamlining government services and empowering small businesses with the tools necessary to develop and grow, we will rejuvenate our state's economy, get unemployed New Jersey residents back to work and usher in a new era of economic prosperity," concluded O'Toole.
· **S-2013 changes the five-year chapter expiration date for rules to seven years and changes the procedure for the readoption of rules without substantive changes.
· **S-2014 establishes a new procedure to allow State agencies to make substantial changes to agency rule-making upon adoption instead of issuing a new notice of proposal. This bill will provide the ability for an agency to make substantial changes upon adoption through the issuance of a public notice and a 60 day public comment period, without starting the rule-making process over with a new notice of proposal.
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