HB 74 - Regulatory Reform Act of 2013

• Streamlines rule-making process by raising threshold for "substantial economic impact" from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and requiring agencies to conduct 10-year periodic reviews of existing rules with automatic expiration of unreviewed rules.

• Prohibits local governments from requiring private contractors to abide by restrictions beyond what the government could impose on all employers, such as minimum wage or paid sick leave requirements.

• Amends environmental regulations including exempting agricultural ponds from riparian buffer rules, allowing alternative daily cover at landfills statewide once approved at any facility, and modifying lagoon closure requirements for cattle facilities.

• Allows bed and breakfast homes to serve three meals per day to overnight guests instead of breakfast only, and clarifies private club definitions to include organizations exempt from federal income tax.

• Prohibits cities and counties from enacting ordinances regulating fields already regulated by state or federal environmental agencies except by unanimous vote, and establishes temporary restrictions on local environmental ordinances until October 1, 2014.