Gov. Markell Joined by Small Business Owners and Bipartisan Group of Legislators to Announce Review and Reform of State Agency Regulations

Don’t like government regulation? Then you’ll like this…

Markell’s executive order launches regulatory reform and review to identify and remove regulatory hurdles.

Executive Order 36 requires executive branch agencies to take a close look at the regulations on their books that have been in place at least three years. It launches a public process to give citizens a chance to tell state agencies which regulations they believe are no longer working. Each executive agency will be required to hold at least one public forum in each county and accept written comments and suggestions.

At the conclusion of the public input period, each agency must evaluate the proposals and recommendations it received during the public comment period. In some cases, agencies may decide that a regulation serves a relevant policy purpose, is required by the federal government, or is valid for some other reason. In those cases, the regulation would stay in place. In other cases, the agency can revise and eliminate those regulations, in accordance with the procedures required under the APA, or Administrative Procedures Act.

Under the executive order, no later than one year from today, the Governor’s Office will submit a report to General Assembly detailing the regulations eliminated or modified pursuant to this process.

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