S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7470
I N S E N A T E
May 23, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business
AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
agency regulatory agendas; and to amend chapter 402 of the laws of
1994, amending the state administrative procedure act relating to
requiring certain agencies to submit regulatory agendas for publica-
tion in the state register, in relation to extending the expiration of
certain provisions of such chapter
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 202-d of
the state administrative procedure act, as amended by chapter 193 of the
laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The departments of health, education, [insurance] FINANCIAL
SERVICES, environmental conservation, labor, [banking,] agriculture and
markets, motor vehicles and state, the offices of children and family
services and temporary and disability assistance, [and] the division of
housing and community renewal, and the workers' compensation board and
any other department specified by the governor or his OR HER designee
shall, and any other agency may, in its discretion, submit to the secre-
tary of state, for publication in the first regular issue of the state
register published during the month of January and the last regular
issue of the state register published in June, a regulatory agenda to
afford the agency an opportunity to solicit comments concerning any rule
which the agency is considering proposing, but for which no notice of
proposed rule making has been submitted pursuant to subdivision one of
section two hundred two of this article.
(b) A regulatory agenda shall be comprised of a list and brief
description of subject matter being considered for rule making and the
name, public office, address [and], telephone number AND E-MAIL ADDRESS
of the agency representative, knowledgeable on such regulatory agenda,
from whom any information may be obtained and to whom written comments
may be submitted concerning such regulatory agenda. [An e-mail address
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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for requests for information and submission of comments may also be
included.]
S 2. Section 2 of chapter 402 of the laws of 1994, amending the state
administrative procedure act relating to requiring certain agencies to
submit regulatory agendas for publication in the state register, as
amended by chapter 193 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire
and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2012] 2016, and upon such date
the provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 202-d of the state
administrative procedure act as amended by section one of this act shall
revert to and be read as set out in law on the date immediately preced-
ing such effective date.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 202-d of the state
administrative procedure act made by section one of this act shall not
affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire
therewith.