Post by Logan on Apr 5, 2016 21:04:16 GMT -6
Committee backs off proposal to cut licensing boards
A legislative committee on Tuesday retreated from a controversial proposal to eliminate or consolidate nearly two dozen occupational licensing boards, saying the issue was much more complicated than they realized.
Instead, the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee agreed to postpone further discussion until after this year’s legislative short session, which begins April 25.
Dozens of people with connections to those licensing boards filled a large meeting room in the legislative office building to argue against the changes, which surfaced last month in a proposed bill drafted in a subcommittee. The limited-government organization Americans for Prosperity has been pushing to curtail some of the boards, saying the state overregulates some occupations and makes it harder to find jobs.
In some cases, the proposal would move licensing boards into other boards or state agencies.
Those who licensed or are licensed by the boards argue that regulation protects the public. There are more than 50 such boards.
Read more: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article70071872.html
A legislative committee on Tuesday retreated from a controversial proposal to eliminate or consolidate nearly two dozen occupational licensing boards, saying the issue was much more complicated than they realized.
Instead, the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee agreed to postpone further discussion until after this year’s legislative short session, which begins April 25.
Dozens of people with connections to those licensing boards filled a large meeting room in the legislative office building to argue against the changes, which surfaced last month in a proposed bill drafted in a subcommittee. The limited-government organization Americans for Prosperity has been pushing to curtail some of the boards, saying the state overregulates some occupations and makes it harder to find jobs.
In some cases, the proposal would move licensing boards into other boards or state agencies.
Those who licensed or are licensed by the boards argue that regulation protects the public. There are more than 50 such boards.
Read more: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article70071872.html