Gov. Matt Bevin’s Red Tape Reduction initiative continues as some 60 suggested repeals and multiple amendments will be considered by the legislative committee that oversees administrative regulation requests.
The legislature’s Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee, which meets on Tuesday, will consider proposals from several cabinets, including Transportation, Public Protection, Education and Workforce Development and Health and Family Services.
The Transportation Cabinet alone is proposing more than 30 repeals. Those administrative regulations, says a release from the Governor’s office, expected to come off the books include one that is unnecessary because state law already addresses it; several that are outdated due to the availability of websites; and a virtually unenforceable regulation from 1975.
These repeals are long overdue, says Ann Dangelo, assistant general counsel for the Transportation Cabinet.
“I have spent considerable effort reviewing the administrative regulations we have on the books here in the Transportation Cabinet, and I was surprised at how outdated and unnecessary many are in this current day,” Dangelo said. “This entire process is making the Transportation Cabinet more efficient and customer-focused.”
Each cabinet is in the process of reviewing every regulation on its books, and nearly 550 have been reviewed so far. Of those that have been reviewed, more than 80 have already been repealed or amended, and some 400 are targeted for amendments or outright repeal.
The Administrative Review Subcommittee receives the requests for changes or repeal and then publishes a list so the public is provided an opportunity to comment. Over a period of three months, up to two different committees review the request and public comment to determine whether the regulation in question should, in fact, be repealed or amended. The committees can accept, reject or recommend changes to the request.
Tomorrow’s meeting of the Administrative Review Subcommittee will be held at 1 p.m. EDT in Room 149 of the Capitol Annex. The tentative agenda is available here: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KAR/CONTENTS/2016/10agenda.htm.
A list of administrative regulations that have already been repealed or amended is available at www.RedTapeReduction.com, and any person who wishes a regulation to be cut or changed also can go to the site and make such a request.
The Red Tape Reduction Initiative is an effort to make Kentucky a more business-friendly state by eliminating unnecessary, burdensome or duplicative regulations by reviewing each of the 4,700-plus state administrative state regulations and evaluating for purpose, need and intent. The long-term goal is to eliminate as many as one-third of the administrative regulations currently on the books.
From the Governor’s office