State Sen. Theresa Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, has been appointed as chair of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR), the legislative committee responsible for reviewing rules generated by more than 100 state agencies.
“Government rules may be created with the best intentions and yet place an undue burden on Ohioans,” Gavarone said. “I appreciate the opportunity to lead JCARR this year to make sure each rule is justifiable and serves to protect Ohioans without creating needless barriers to growth.”
JCARR reviewed more than 8,500 rule actions last year for approximately 128 state agencies, boards and commissions. For more information, visit www.jcarr.state.oh.us. Ohioans interested in monitoring proposed regulations can track specific rules and provide feedback to JCARR committee members and staff at www.RuleWatchOhio.gov.
The Ohio Senate in recent years has focused on reducing the burden of unnecessary government rules and regulations. A provision in the state budget, commonly referred to as the “one-in-two-out” rule, requires two regulatory restrictions to be removed for every new regulatory restriction written. In an effort to right-size Ohio’s regulatory environment, Senate Bill 1 also targets a 30% overall reduction in state agency regulation by requiring a true accounting by each state agency of the total number of regulations under its jurisdiction.
