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The Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC) gave its unanimous endorsement to a substitute version of Rep. S. Clark’s “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses” bill. The substitute bill reflects discussions held during prior meetings of the ARRC, as well as negotiations between state agencies and a representative from the Small Business Administration. First Substitute H.B. 53 will require “a

On November 27, Rep. S. Clark presented his “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses” bill to the Administrative Rules Review Committee. The result of that discussion was to ask the Division of Administrative Rules to contact state agencies and get feedback on the draft bill, and then to work through any issues identified by state agencies with a representative

Rep. S. Clark is sponsoring another bill for the Small Business Administration. Last year, Clark sponsored H.B. 64. That bill required agencies to report small business impacts separately from other affected groups. (Prior to H.B. 64, small business impacts were reported as part of the impacts to “other persons”.) The new bill requires agencies to do an extensive analysis when

Rep. S. Clark’s “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses” bill has been numbered as H.B. 64. Questions about H.B. 64 may be directed to Ken Hansen (801-538-3777).

At its meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, the Business and Labor Interim Committee approved as a committee bill “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses.” This bill is essentially the same as S.B. 157 (2006) except that the committee decided to change the definition of small business from “businesses employing fewer than 50 persons” to “businesses employing fewer than

H.B. 209, Administrative Rules – Impact on Small Businesses, is up in House Business and Labor Standing Committee on Friday, January 28 at 8:00 AM in room W010. It is the fourth bill on the agenda.