92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
O'MALLEY.

House Sponsors:
MATHIAS-SOTO-TURNER,ART-YARBROUGH-MCKEON

Short description: 
PLAIN LANGUAGE NOTIFICATION                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Plain Language Notification to Licensees Act.              
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Deletes everything.  Creates the  Small  Business  Advisory  Act.      
   Requires  State  agencies to post plain language explanations of laws,      
   legislation, and rules affecting small businesses on a small  business      
   advisory  website.   Requires  State  agencies  to post plain language      
   versions of advisory opinions  and  interpretations  of  statutes  and      
   rules on the small business advisory website.                               
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Deletes everything.  Creates the  Small  Business  Advisory  Act.      
   Requires State agencies to create and make available on the World Wide      
   Web a small business advisory page.  Requires agencies to post a plain      
   language  explanation  of  proposed  and adopted rules and legislation      
   that the  agency  is  designated  to  administer  that  affects  small      
   businesses on its small business advisory web page.  Provides that the      
   explanation  must remain posted on the web page for 6 months after the      
   effective date of the rule or legislation.  Requires  each  agency  to      
   notify  the  Department  of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs when it      
   updates its small business advisory web page.  Requires the Department      
   of Commerce and Community Affairs to  serve  as  a  clearinghouse  for      
   notifying  the  small  business  community  of rulemakings and to seek      
   input  from  the  small  business  community  on  those   rulemakings.      
   Requires  the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to maintain      
   a small business advisory web page that serves as a coordinated  point      
   of  access  to  other  agencies'  small  business  advisory web pages.      
   Requires State agencies to post plain language  versions  of  advisory      
   opinions  and  interpretations  on  their  small business advisory web      
   pages.                                                                      
 
Last action on Bill: TOTAL VETO STANDS

   Last action date: NOV-15-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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