§ 745.2. Legislative intent
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State GovernmentEffective: August 28, 2012
Effective: August 28, 2012
71 P.S. § 745.2
§ 745.2. Legislative intent
(a) The General Assembly has enacted a large number of statutes and has conferred on boards, commissions, departments and agencies within the executive branch of government the authority to adopt rules and regulations to implement those statutes. The General Assembly has found that this delegation of its authority has resulted in regulations being promulgated without undergoing effective review concerning cost benefits, duplication, inflationary impact and conformity to legislative intent. The General Assembly finds that it must establish a procedure for oversight and review of regulations adopted pursuant to this delegation of legislative power in order to curtail excessive regulation and to require the executive branch to justify its exercise of the authority to regulate before imposing hidden costs upon the economy of Pennsylvania. It is the intent of this act to establish a method for ongoing and effective legislative review and oversight in order to foster executive branch accountability; to provide for primary review by a commission with sufficient authority, expertise, independence and time to perform that function; to provide ultimate review of regulations by the General Assembly; and to assist the Governor, the Attorney General and the General Assembly in their supervisory and oversight functions. To the greatest extent possible, this act is intended to encourage the resolution of objections to a regulation and the reaching of a consensus among the commission, the standing committees, interested parties and the agency.
Credits
1982, June 25, P.L. 633, No. 181, § 2, effective March 1, 1983. Reenacted 1986, Feb. 21, P.L. 47, No. 16, § 1, imd. effective. Reenacted and amended 1989, June 30, P.L. 73, No. 19, § 1, retroactive effective Dec. 31, 1988. Amended 1997, June 25, P.L. 252, No. 24, § 1, imd. effective; 2012, June 29, P.L. 657, No. 76, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 28, 2012].
71 P.S. § 745.2, PA ST 71 P.S. § 745.2
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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