11.202 Duties of Commission on Small Business Advocacy -- Report. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 11.202 Duties of Commission on Small Business Advocacy -- Report. (1) The duties of the Commission on Small Business Advocacy shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Coordinate and promote the awareness of the Federal Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and its subsequent
amendments within the small business community of the Commonwealth; (b) Develop a process by which the small business community is made aware of state legislation and administrative regulations affecting it, both prior to its
enactment and during its implementation; (c) Advocate for the small business sectors when state legislation and administrative regulations are overly burdensome, costly, or harmful to the
success and growth of the sector; (d) Collect information and research those public policies and government practices which are helpful or detrimental to the success and growth of the
small business community; and (e) Review administrative regulations that may impact small business. The commission may seek input from other agencies, organizations, or interested
parties. In acting as an advocate for small business, the commission may
submit a written report to the promulgating administrative body to be
considered as comments received during the public comment period required
by KRS 13A.270(1)(c). The report may specify the commission's findings
regarding the administrative regulation, including an identification and
estimate of the number of small businesses subject to the administrative
regulation, the projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other administrative
costs required for compliance with the administrative regulation, and any
suggestions the commission has for reducing the regulatory burden on small
businesses through the use of tiering or exemptions, in accordance with KRS
13A.210. A copy of the report shall be filed with the regulations compiler of
the Legislative Research Commission. (2) By September 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the Governor and the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism detailing
its work in the prior fiscal year, including, but not limited to the following:
(a) Activities and achievements of the commission in accomplishing its purposes and duties; (b) Findings of the commission related to its collection of information and research on public policies and government practices affecting small
businesses, including specific legislation and administrative regulations that
are helpful or detrimental to the success of small businesses; and (c) Specific recommendations of ways state government could better promote the economic development efforts of small businesses in the Commonwealth. Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 387, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.