HB 163: "An Act requiring an agency to provide compliance cost estimates for proposed regulations, amendments, and repeals of regulations under certain circumstances."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 163 01 "An Act requiring an agency to provide compliance cost estimates for proposed 02 regulations, amendments, and repeals of regulations under certain circumstances." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 44.62.190(d) is amended to read: 05 (d) Along with a notice furnished under (a)(2), (4)(A), (6), (7), or (8) of this 06 section, the state agency shall include the reason for the proposed action, the initial 07 cost to the state agency of implementation, the estimated annual costs to the state 08 agency of implementation, the compliance cost estimate required by AS 44.62.197, 09 the name of the contact person for the state agency, and the origin of the proposed 10 action. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 44.62 is amended by adding a new section to read: 12 Sec. 44.62.197. COMPLIANCE COST ESTIMATES. If the adoption, 13 amendment, or repeal of a regulation will increase the costs for compliance by private 14 persons, the agency proposing the regulatory action shall prepare an estimate of the
01 anticipated increased compliance costs for those persons. The estimate must cover the 02 year following the adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation plus, if initial 03 compliance will take longer than one year, the additional period of time needed for 04 initial compliance. 05 * Sec. 3. AS 44.62.200(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) The notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation 07 must include 08 (1) a statement of the time, place, and nature of proceedings for 09 adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation; 10 (2) reference to the authority under which the regulation is proposed 11 and a reference to the particular code section or other provisions of law that are being 12 implemented, interpreted, or made specific; 13 (3) an informative summary of the proposed subject of agency action; 14 (4) other matters prescribed by a statute applicable to the specific 15 agency or to the specific regulation or class of regulations; 16 (5) a summary of the fiscal information required to be prepared under 17 AS 44.62.195 and 44.62.197. 18 * Sec. 4. AS 44.62.320(b) is amended to read: 19 (b) At the same time a regulation is filed by the lieutenant governor, the 20 lieutenant governor shall submit the regulation to the chair [CHAIRMAN] and all 21 members of the Administrative Regulation Review Committee for review under 22 AS 24.20.400 - 24.20.460 together with the fiscal information required to be prepared 23 under AS 44.62.195 and 44.62.197.