It aims to eliminate 30% of Ohio’s 247,000 rules and regulations in state administrative code over three years. If state agencies fail to meet this goal, they’d face a mandate that for each new regulation imposed, two rules would be eliminated.
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Advocates for the regulatory reform say it’ll eliminate unnecessary, burdensome rules that hamper businesses.
The NFIB Ohio and Ohio Chamber of Commerce support the move. But Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal think tank, called it impractical and unwarranted and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel warned that it could reduce consumer protections.
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