Unnecessary rules and regulations hamper economic growth. That’s why it’s so important to have an ongoing rules review process in place. In North Carolina, that’s exactly what’s occurring. In this Carolina Journal story by Dan Way, he looks at how North Carolina stacks up against other states and reports key data about rules review in North Carolina:
North Carolina passed a sunset provision with periodic review of rules by the state Rules Review Commission in 2013 to cut archaic and harmful regulations.
McLaughlin told Carolina Journal that North Carolina is ahead of the reform curve as one of the few states he’s aware of with a rules review process. But he warned a commission can lose its way, as happened in Pennsylvania.
“If the goals of the commission change and don’t remain focused on are rules working, are economic benefits being delivered, what are the economic costs, then you may not stay ahead of the game,” McLaughlin said.
Garth Dunklin, chairman of North Carolina’s Rules Review Commission, told CJ that, as of Wednesday, 11,636 of 19,302 rules subject to the sunset process had been reviewed.
Of that number, 1,465 — 12.6 percent — were killed, and 7,211 (62 percent) were kept intact without change or review. Another 2,960 or 25.4 percent of the rules will be subjected to a formal hearing and readoption vote.
Find out what other states are doing, too. You can read Dan’s story here.
