Regulation

II. PROPOSAL – The Regulatory Fix

This proposal takes away the authority from all Michigan state departments and regulatory groups to make or define rules and regulations, and put that authority back in the hands of the legislature. All current and future regulations will have a three year sunset. Failure to review regulation will automatically eliminate it. Within one year of the passage of this proposal, the legislature will review all existing regulation; any regulations not reviewed would be eliminated. A committee of private sector representatives will be appointed to make recommendations to the legislature to eliminate the top 30 most uncompetitive and job-killing regulations.

Commentary:

Michigan, California, and New York have more regulations than any of the other states. They are also the top three exit states, from which people and businesses are leaving. Some regulation is necessary, but too much regulation increases the difficulty and time it takes to do business, as well as drives up the cost of doing business. If you make it too difficult, too time consuming, and too costly to do business, businesses will go somewhere else, which is exactly what’s happening. Currently, we have so many regulations there is no way to determine whether they are helping, hurting, or doing anything at all. The three year sunset will require all regulations, which currently exist or are enacted in the future, to be reviewed every three years. Failure to review and renew any regulations within a three year period would mean that they would cease to exist. The authority to make rules and regulate would be removed from the unelected departments, regulators, and bureaucrats and be put back in the hands of the Legislature, where it used to be and where it belongs. (For more information go to www.FultonSheen.us )

Please Note:This proposal is being introduced by State Representative Mike Simpson please contact his office and express your support for this proposal. Email: mikesimpson@house.mi.gov Phone: 517-373-1775 or 888-347-8065