Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4810, Dated October 21, 2020

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Statement of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee of the State of New Jersey, dated October 21, 2020, reporting Assembly Bill 4810 favorably. The bill creates the Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission to assess the effect of rules, regulations and Executive Orders on the State's economy and to recommend to the Governor amendments to those that unduly burden businesses, workers and local governments. The commission would have nine members from the Executive and Legislative branches, every State department or agency would have to cooperate with it, and its findings would be advisory and could not ground legal challenges. It would review proposed and adopted rules and operative Executive Orders, solicit public comment, and report annually to the Governor and the Legislature with recommendations to repeal, rescind or amend.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 4810

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: OCTOBER
21, 2020

The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee
reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4810.

This
bill creates the Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission to
assess the effect that rules and regulations and Executive Orders have on the
State’s economy, and to provide recommendations to the Governor to amend any
rules and regulations or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State’s
businesses, workers, and local governments.

Under
the bill, the commission would be comprised of nine members, consisting of
representatives from the Executive and Legislative branches of State
government, who are devoted to the common goal of promptly addressing the
State’s economic viability and prosperity. The bill requires each department,
office, division, or agency of the State to cooperate with the commission and
furnish it with any information, personnel, and assistance it needs to
accomplish its duties. The commission’s findings would be advisory and cannot
be used as a basis for any legal challenges based upon the action or inaction
of any department, office, division, or agency of the State.

The
bill requires the commission to:

(1) review
all proposed and adopted rules and regulations and operative Executive Orders
issued by the Governor to assess their potential or actual effects on the
State’s economy; determine whether their costs and other burdens on businesses,
workers, and local governments outweigh their intended benefits; and establish
a basis for providing recommendations to the Governor to amend any rules and
regulations or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State’s businesses,
workers, and local governments;

(2) call
upon any department, office, division, or agency of this State to supply the
commission with data and other information, personnel, or assistance it deems
necessary to discharge its duties;

(3) solicit
both written and oral comments from the public, including professional, labor,
community, and environmental organizations, businesses, workers, and other
affected persons or entities as the commission deems appropriate, and to
consider the views expressed by those parties in any report; and

(4) provide
a written report to annually the Governor and the Legislature in which the
commission must provide recommendations to repeal, rescind, or amend any rules
and regulations or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State’s businesses,
workers, and local governments.

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