STATE OF NEW YORK
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681
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business
AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
enacting the "red tape reduction act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "red tape
2 reduction act".
3 § 2. Section 202 of the state administrative procedure act is amended
4 by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
5 1-a. Business burden offset. (a) If a rule is adopted that imposes a
6 new administrative burden on a business, one or more existing rules must
7 be amended or repealed to offset the cost of such new administrative
8 burden against the cost of an existing administrative burden on a busi-
9 ness.
10 (b) Every notice of proposed rulemaking, except those submitted solely
11 for the purpose of proposing a consensus rule, shall, if the proposed
12 rule would impose a new administrative burden on a business, include the
13 existing rule or rules to be amended or repealed to offset the cost of
14 such new administrative burden.
15 (c) The amendment or repeal of a rule under this subdivision shall not
16 compromise or endanger the public health, safety or economy of the state
17 or its citizens.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to notices
19 of proposed rulemaking submitted on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02368-01-9
