S.B. 131 - Regulatory Relief Act Summary

• Exempts franchisees and their employees from being deemed employees of franchisors for state employment, unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation purposes.

• Streamlines mortgage servicer fee assessment and payment notification requirements, including eliminating duplicate notices when fees are included in periodic statements.

• Clarifies that private drinking water well permitting authority rests exclusively with local health departments and authorizes well contractors to perform electrical and plumbing work related to well installation without separate building permits.

• Exempts Factory, Storage, and Utility/Miscellaneous building classifications from state energy efficiency code requirements.

• Establishes numerous environmental and natural resources reforms including reducing motor vehicle emissions inspection requirements to select counties, exempting farriers from veterinary licensing, limiting stream mitigation requirements, and authorizing low-flow public water supply design alternatives.