Baker announces 90-day pause on new regulations

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie D. Baker announced a 90-day pause on all new regulations to help facilitate the streamlining of “unnecessarily burdensome regulations on the commonwealth’s small businesses and job creators,” according to a statement.
The three-month time frame will halt new regulations and those in the renewal process in order to enable the administration to implement guidance that “regulations going forward communicate a clear, desired and effective goal and focus on the development and implementation of the fiscal 2016 budget.”
The regulatory pause was outlined in a memo issued to all cabinet secretaries by Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore, who in accordance with executive orders issued in prior administrations, has final approval before any regulation is filed. The three-month period is effective until March 31.
Earlier in January, Baker announced a state government hiring freeze and a comprehensive review of all departments in the first 100 days of his administration. •

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