H.B. 96-1159 Sunrise and sunset review - legislative committees of reference to conduct - reviews - appropriation. Eliminates the joint legislative sunrise and sunset review committee. Transfers the responsibility for sunset review to one or more house committees of reference designated by the speaker of the house in even numbered years and to one or more senate committees of reference designated by the president of the senate in odd numbered years. Allows those committees to meet in the interim and provides for per diem expenses for members who attend such meetings. Allows the committee to request staff assistance from the legislative council.
Mandates that the committee conduct hearings for each advisory committee and determine whether such advisory committee should be terminated, continued, or reestablished.
Requires the department of regulatory agencies to conduct an analysis and evaluation of an agency approaching its termination date and report the results to the office of legislative legal services for preparation of draft legislation by October 15 of the year preceding the date established for termination. Allows the chair of the committee to assign a bill recommended for consideration to a member of the general assembly for introduction. Specifies that such bills do not count against any bill introduction limit.
Requires a professional or occupational group seeking regulation to submit to the department of regulatory agencies the information formerly required for submittal to the sunrise/sunset review committee. Requires the department to conduct a review of the proposed regulation of the profession or occupation and to report the information to the proponents of regulation and the general assembly. Once the report has been submitted, allows the proponents of regulation to request a member of the general assembly to introduce a bill to provide for such regulation.
Requires the office of legislative legal services to report to the legislative committee of reference, instead of the sunrise/sunset review committee, any proposed rules that the office believes are unnecessary for the administrative functions of an agency.
Decreases the general fund appropriation to the general assembly made in Senate Bill 96-195 by $5,811.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1996
H.B. 96-1167 Annual reports to general assembly - termination of requirements - periodic review. Declares a policy that a need must be established for continued periodic reports by executive agencies and the judicial branch to the general assembly. Establishes a 3-year sunset for all future reporting requirements and calls for an inventory and review of existing reporting requirements by legislative committees during the 1996 through 2001 interim periods. Incorporates periodic reporting requirements into the existing review process for regulatory agencies and functions.
Directly repeals approximately 200 selected reporting requirements within the jurisdiction of the several committees of reference of the general assembly.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE See Note
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. It will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the
expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly unless a referendum petition is filed
pursuant to section 1 (3) of the state constitution. In that event, the act will take effect on the date of the official
proclamation of the governor, if it is approved by the voters at the 1996 election.
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