(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano to continue cutting back on burdensome rules and regulation and improve New Jersey’s business climate was signed into law on Tuesday.
The law is yet another piece of the Democratic effort to create jobs and economic development.
“This is among the many steps we’ve taken to make order out of the chaos that is New Jersey’s bureaucratic nightmare of rules and regulations,” said Burzichelli (D-Gloucester/Cumberland/Salem), chairman of the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee that was formed by Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver to slash the red tape that impairs New Jersey’s business climate. “Our tangled web of regulations may mean well, but in many cases they’ve done nothing more than stunt economic growth and hurt our businesses and the people they employ. We’re now on the road toward changing that.”
The Burzichelli/Quijano law (A-2464) will:
· Require all state agency rules to be published in the New Jersey Register; and
· Ban state agencies from using regulatory guidance documents, unless authorized to do so by state law.
“We’re looking to give clarity to our businesses on regulations that too often have been adopted without enough public input and oversight,” said Quijano (D-Union) “This is progress toward creating a better system for residents and businesses alike.”
