SB 561 — An Act amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, further providing for definitions, for proposed regulations and procedures for review and for final-form regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for review; and providing for concurrent resolution required for economically significant regulations.

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886561 THE2017 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFDiSANTO, PENNSYLVANIASCARNATI, SENATECORMAN, BILLAUMENT, SessionEICHELBERGER, SCAVELLO, STEFANO, WAGNER, WARD AND WHITE, MARCH 28, 2017 REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 28, 2017 AN ACT Amending the act of No.June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act providing for independent oversight and review of regulations, creating an Independent Regulatory Review Commission, providing for its powers and duties and making repeals," further providing for definitions, for proposed regulations and procedures for review and for final-form regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for review;

561 2017 INTRODUCED BY DiSANTO, SCARNATI, CORMAN, AUMENT, EICHELBERGER, SCAVELLO, STEFANO, WAGNER, WARD, WHITE AND BROOKS,R, MARCH 28, 2017 AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, MAY 24, 2017 AN ACT Amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act providing for independentregulations.esolution oversightrequired and review of regulations, creating an Independent Regulatory Review Commission, providing for itseconomically powerssignificant andThe dutiesGeneral andAssembly makingof repeals,"the furtherCommonwealth providingof forPennsylvania definitions,hereby forenacts proposedas regulationsfollows: and procedures for review and for final-form regulations and final-omitted concurrent resolution required for economically significant regulations.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

* * * 20170SB0561PN088620170SB0561PN0608 - 2 - (l) Except for emergency-certified regulations adopted under section 6(d), an agency may not promulgate a regulation until completion of the review provided for in this act[.] and, if the regulation is an economically significant regulation, the General Assembly adopts a concurrent resolution under section 7.2.

(a) If the commission issues an order to approve a final- form regulation or final-omitted regulation that is an economically significant regulation or if the agency decides to proceed with a regulation the commission disapproveddisapproved, AS SET <-- FORTH IN SECTION 7(B) OR (C), the agency shall submit a copy of the order and, if applicable, the agency response to THE <-- COMMISSION AND TO the Senate and the House of Representatives and shall request a concurrent resolution approving the orderorder. OR <-- REGULATION.

The Senate and the House of Representatives shall each have 30 calendar days or 10 legislative days, whichever is longer, from the date on which the agency requested the concurrent resolutionresolution. TO ADOPT THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.

If the <-- General Assembly does not adopt the concurrent resolution in the time prescribed in this subsection, the final-form regulation or final-omitted regulation shall be deemed not approved and such regulation shall not take effect.

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