NY S06389

Each state agency must designate a regulatory reform officer (RRO) within 90 days to oversee implementation of regulatory reform initiatives including reducing regulatory burdens, conducting retrospective reviews, and terminating programs derived from rescinded executive orders and guidance documents.

Every agency must establish a regulatory reform task force composed of the RRO, a representative from the agency's counsel's office, and three additional senior officers designated by the agency commissioner, with the RRO chairing unless otherwise designated.

The regulatory reform task force must evaluate existing regulations and identify those that eliminate jobs, are outdated or ineffective, impose costs exceeding benefits, or interfere with regulatory reform initiatives, then make recommendations to the agency commissioner for repeal, replacement, or modification.

Agency commissioners must submit annual progress reports to the governor, legislature leadership, and relevant state entities by March 31st detailing regulatory reform achievements and regulations identified for revision.

State public authorities, commissions, and offices subject to Executive Law section 101-a must comply with these requirements unless the temporary senate president, assembly speaker, and administrative regulations review commission co-chairs jointly grant a waiver for entities that issue very few or no regulations.