What's happening
This bill requires agencies to assess and communicate the minimum compliance time for small businesses and local governments when introducing new regulations, and to actively involve them in the rulemaking process.
Why it matters
Requires agencies to estimate and communicate the minimum time small businesses and local governments need to comply with new regulations. , taking into account practical, legal, and financial constraints—this helps regulated entities better prepare and budget for changes.
Mandates agencies to describe specific steps they'll take to inform affected groups of new compliance requirements with sufficient lead time. , aiming to prevent last-minute surprises and reduce unnecessary costs or disruptions.
Strengthens the mandate for agencies to actively involve small businesses and local governments in the rulemaking process. , shifting from simply giving an "opportunity to participate" to requiring proactive outreach and engagement beyond public notices or website postings.
Expands direct notification obligations to include not just individual businesses and governments but also their representative organizations. , potentially improving communication and increasing the likelihood that affected parties are aware of and can respond to regulatory changes.
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More Time for Compliance
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Sponsors
18 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S5719
- Rules report cal.443
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Give Businesses More Compliance Time
Vetoed · Sponsor Chris Jacobs
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7125
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, ZEBROWSKI, GLICK, SCHIMMINGER, BLAKE, THIELE, SKOUFIS, DICKENS, D'URSO, ORTIZ, LAVINE, JAFFEE, COLTON, McKEVITT, JEAN-PIERRE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, COOK, DiPIETRO, GALEF, HYNDMAN, NOLAN, SIMANOWITZ, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to the time needed by small businesses and local governments to comply with new regulations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 202-b of the state administrative procedure act are relettered paragraphs (f) and (g) and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
(e) an assessment of the minimum time that will be needed by small businesses and local governments to come into compliance with the rule, taking into consideration any applicable practical, legal and economic or fiscal constraints on such compliance, and a description of the measures that the agency intends to utilize to ensure that small businesses and local governments are informed of new or amended compliance requirements with sufficient lead time to achieve compliance without experiencing unnecessary costs or burdens;
§ 2. The opening paragraph and paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 202-b of the state administrative procedure act, as amended by chapter 611 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
When any rule is proposed for which a regulatory flexibility analysis is required, the agency shall assure that it has actively solicited the participation of small businesses and local governments [have been given an opportunity to participate] in the rule making through activities in addition to publication in the state register and posting on the agency's website, such [activities] as:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) the direct notification of interested small businesses and local governments affected by the proposed rule or organizations representing the interests of such entities;
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all rules for which a notice of proposed rule making is published on or after such date.
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