GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 22

 

 

Short Title:        APA Rules: Increasing Costs Prohibition.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senators Brown, Rouzer;  Apodaca, Blake, Brock, Brunstetter, Daniel, East, Goolsby, Gunn, Harrington, Hise, Hunt, Jackson, Meredith, Newton, Preston, Rabon, Rucho, Soucek, Tillman, and Tucker.

Referred to:

Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

February 2, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to limit new agency regulatory requirements.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 150B-19 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"An agency may not adopt a rule that does one or more of the following:

(7)        Results in additional costs on persons subject to the rule unless adoption of the rule is required to respond to at least one of the following:

a.         A serious and unforeseen threat to the public health, safety, or welfare.

b.         An act of the General Assembly or United States Congress.

c.         A change in federal or State budgetary policy.

d.         A federal regulation.

e.         A court order."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to rules adopted by an agency on or after that date.