Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 20:59:06 GMT -6
Bill would require all business regulations to be reviewed, justified
PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to require government agencies to prove their rules and restrictions for businesses are necessary.
On a 5-3 margin Wednesday the House Commerce Committee voted to require every city, county and state agency to review every regulation and detail how each is necessary to protect public health, safety or welfare. The legislation would then mandate that the restrictions be modified or repealed if they do not serve those purposes.
Anyone who believes a rule or ordinance is excessive could then sue. And if the government did not prove the rule’s necessity — and the burden would be on the government, not the person challenging the rule — a judge would be required to void it.
Jon Riches, lobbyist for the Goldwater Institute, said the legislation is a push-back against what he believes is government encroachment on private business.
Read more: tucson.com/business/local/bill-would-require-all-business-regulations-to-be-reviewed-justified/article_ecee887d-dff3-5af9-94de-2258eca686f1.html
PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to require government agencies to prove their rules and restrictions for businesses are necessary.
On a 5-3 margin Wednesday the House Commerce Committee voted to require every city, county and state agency to review every regulation and detail how each is necessary to protect public health, safety or welfare. The legislation would then mandate that the restrictions be modified or repealed if they do not serve those purposes.
Anyone who believes a rule or ordinance is excessive could then sue. And if the government did not prove the rule’s necessity — and the burden would be on the government, not the person challenging the rule — a judge would be required to void it.
Jon Riches, lobbyist for the Goldwater Institute, said the legislation is a push-back against what he believes is government encroachment on private business.
Read more: tucson.com/business/local/bill-would-require-all-business-regulations-to-be-reviewed-justified/article_ecee887d-dff3-5af9-94de-2258eca686f1.html