Final regulatory review report issued by state

AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF STUDY, the Office of Regulatory Review has concluded its efforts to identify state business regulations that need to be modified and is two-thirds of the way through making the changes, according to the Chafee administration. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS
AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF STUDY, the Office of Regulatory Review has concluded its efforts to identify state business regulations that need to be modified and is two-thirds of the way through making the changes, according to the Chafee administration. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

PROVIDENCE – Two years after Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee sped up the pace of review of the state’s business regulations, the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Regulatory Reform has released its fourth and final report on the effort.
According to a release from the governor’s office, state agencies reviewed more than 1,600 regulations since Chafee’s September 1012 call to accelerate the process that was demanded by the 2012 legislation passed by the General Assembly.
Two hundred and fifty-three changes to the state’s regulatory regime were identified by the review, including:

  • 45 repeals of “outdated, unnecessary or obsolete” regulations
  • 75 amendments designed to improve the state regime
  • 133 consolidation of various regulations

The state added that 167, roughly two-thirds, of the identified changes already have been made and that the rest are in the process of being implemented.
“I commend all of our state agencies on their work toward regulatory reform,” said Chafee. “These reports demonstrate Rhode Island’s commitment to make state government more efficient and create a clear, predictable and reliable regulatory system for business. This has been a great start, and we still have more work ahead of us.”
“For the first time Rhode Island has a comprehensive picture of its state regulations,” said Thomas Mullaney, state budget officer and acting director of the Office of Management and Budget. “This groundwork will serve as an excellent platform for continued and targeted reform.”
The full 105-page report is available HERE.

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