New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 7 - Executive Orders (David A. Paterson) › Section 7.25 - Executive order no. 25: establishing a regulatory review and reform program

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, a responsive and balanced regulatory system is
					 vital to promote the State's economy and the welfare of its citizens;
WHEREAS, State rules must be targeted to accomplish this
					 result without imposing unnecessary or excessive burdens on businesses,
					 particularly small businesses, local governments, health care providers and
					 other entities subject to State regulation, and the general public;
WHEREAS, outdated, inadvisable or unwise rules and
					 paperwork requirements imposed on regulated entities place unnecessary costs
					 and burdens and are inconsistent with the need to achieve widespread fiscal
					 reform and government efficiencies;
WHEREAS, outdated, inadvisable or unwise rules and
					 paperwork imposed on local governments place unnecessary costs, burdens and
					 inefficiencies, and are inconsistent with the ongoing effort to reduce local
					 property tax burdens;
WHEREAS, the State Administrative Procedure Act, 1995
					 Executive Order No. 20 and 2009 Executive Order No. 17 contain salutary
					 provisions to ensure that agencies consider the costs, benefits and burdens of
					 their proposed and existing rules and paperwork on regulated parties and the
					 general public;
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of all of New York's
					 constituents that the State impose only those rules and paperwork determined to
					 be necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare, unless
					 necessary to comply with specific legal requirements;
WHEREAS, agencies therefore must review their existing
					 rules and paperwork requirements on a regular basis to ensure that they are
					 current, reflect available technologies, establish clear standards, avoid undue
					 burdens and are as flexible as feasible;
WHEREAS, the Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform is
					 vested by statute and executive order with duties of oversight of the State's
					 regulatory process, including to require cost benefit and cost effectiveness
					 analyses, risk assessments, peer reviews, and policy dialogues for proposed and
					 existing rules; and
WHEREAS, the review of proposed rule makings by the
					 Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform is part of an established process to
					 apply cost benefit and cost effectiveness analysis, risk assessment, peer
					 review and policy dialogues, as appropriate, to proposed rule makings of State
					 agencies to ensure that they are proportionate, responsive and not overly
					 burdensome:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, David A. Paterson, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 the Laws of the State of New York, do hereby order as follows:
1. A Regulatory Review and Reform Program
				  (the "Review Program") is established to evaluate, reform, or repeal, where
				  necessary, rules and paperwork requirements in order to reduce substantially
				  unnecessary burdens, costs and inefficiencies and to improve the State's
				  economy while maintaining appropriate protections for the public health, safety
				  and welfare and the conduct of business. The Chair of the Review Committee
				  shall be the Secretary to the Governor.
2. Definitions:
a. "Agency" shall have the same meaning as
				  defined in State Administrative Procedure Act Section 102(1).
b. "Local government" shall mean county,
				  city, town, village, school district or special district.
c. "Rule" shall have the same meaning as
				  defined in State Administrative Procedure Act Section 102(2), which includes
				  regulations.
d. "Paperwork" shall
				  mean forms, instructions, applications, reports and procedures.
e. "Review Committee" shall mean the
				  Secretary to the Governor, the Counsel to the Governor, the Director of State
				  Operations, the Director of the Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform, and the
				  Director of the Division of the Budget.