JEFFERSON CITY — In the Senate’s continuation to find ways to operate a more streamlined and efficient government, members of the upper chamber considered legislation Monday (2-13) that would require a periodic review of all administrative rules and modify provisions regarding the awarding of certain fees in administrative actions.
Senate Bill 469, sponsored by Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield, would create a schedule for a periodic review of every state administrative rule. These rules would be reviewed by the appropriate state agency every five years. An agency’s report would include whether the rule:
- Continues or is considered obsolete.
- Duplicates, overlaps, or conflicts with other state, federal or local rules.
- Needs changes or should be rescinded in order to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses, individuals, or political subdivisions, or to eliminate unnecessary paperwork.
- A less restrictive, more narrowly tailored rule could adequately protect the public or accomplish the same statutory purpose.
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The report must be filed with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board within one year of beginning the review process. If a report is not filed and an extension is not granted, then the committee would notify the Secretary of State to publish notice in the Missouri Register, a document containing the state’s regulation code, regarding the rules that are delinquent. These rules would be void after 90 days in the register, unless the agency provides the required report within a 90 day timeline.
However, for rules that affect small businesses, the agency must consider the specific purpose or interest for adopting the rules, as well as other reasons to justify its continued existence. The act, among other provisions, also removes current Missouri law that requires every agency with rules that affect small business to submit a list of rules and report to the General Assembly and the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board every two years.
Final approval in the Senate would send the bill over to the House of Representatives for similar consideration.
For more information about bills moving through the Missouri Senate, visit www.senate.mo.gov. To contact the Senate Newsroom, call (573) 751-3824 or email: newsroom@senate.mo.gov.
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