What's happening
The "Red Tape Reduction Act" requires that when new administrative burdens are imposed on businesses, existing burdens must be offset by amending or repealing other rules.
Why it matters
For every new regulation that adds paperwork or compliance costs to businesses, at least one existing rule must be changed or removed to balance out that added burden. This could slow the growth of regulatory complexity and force agencies to reconsider older rules.
Agencies will have to justify any new business requirements by showing which current ones they’ll amend or repeal, directly in the rulemaking proposal. This could increase transparency and make it harder to add new administrative burdens without public scrutiny.
The law explicitly prohibits removing or weakening rules if it would harm public health, safety, or the economy. This sets boundaries on what can be repealed, meaning only "non-essential" or outdated burdens should be targeted, not critical protections.
The policy aims to prevent the accumulation of bureaucracy that can stifle business, potentially making it easier to start and operate a business in New York, while still preserving necessary regulations.
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Cut Business Paperwork Rules
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7 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Held for consideration in governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
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Cut Business Paperwork Rules
In Senate Committee · Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business · Sponsor Robert Ortt
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1396
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, DiPIETRO, GIGLIO, LAWRENCE, MORINELLO, NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "red tape reduction act".
§ 2. Section 202 of the state administrative procedure act is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. Business burden offset. (a) If a rule is adopted that imposes a new administrative burden on a business, one or more existing rules must be amended or repealed to offset the cost of such new administrative burden against the cost of an existing administrative burden on a business.
(b) Every notice of proposed rulemaking, except those submitted solely for the purpose of proposing a consensus rule, shall, if the proposed rule would impose a new administrative burden on a business, include the existing rule or rules to be amended or repealed to offset the cost of such new administrative burden.
(c) The amendment or repeal of a rule under this subdivision shall not compromise or endanger the public health, safety or economy of the state or its citizens.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to notices 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
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