H760 - Regulatory Reform Act of 2015

• Exempts volunteers and officers of nonprofits from workers' compensation coverage if they receive no remuneration beyond reasonable expense reimbursement.

• Prohibits occupational licensing boards from employing or contracting with actively practicing licensees to serve as investigators or inspectors.

• Allows cities and counties to accept designs from licensed architects and engineers with sealed certifications as compliant with building codes, relieving local inspection departments of responsibility for those components.

• Modifies renewable energy portfolio standards (REPS) by freezing requirements at 6% of 2014 retail sales indefinitely and allowing utilities to meet up to 50% of requirements through energy efficiency measures instead of renewable generation.

• Establishes alternative "private option permit" pathway for on-site wastewater system approval using professional engineers and soil scientists instead of requiring local health department permits, with liability assigned to the engineer and property owner rather than government agencies.