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House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: January 16, 2013 03:33 PM
From: Representative Jeffrey P. Pyle
To: All House members
Subject: Amend Regulatory Review Act, extending the scope of the act to the PA Fish & Boat Commission
 
The regulatory review process provides a mechanism through which the legislature can exercise its oversight regarding actions and policies of executive branch and independent agencies. This oversight role is crucial to the balance of power. Additionally, it ensures that executive branch and independent agencies do not go too far afield of their statutory authority

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has taken action that has raised questions regarding the Commission’s current exemption from the Regulatory Review Act. On May 24, the Commission voted to add 99 new waters to the state’s list of wild trout streams. I am very concerned about the impact of this decision on jobs in Pennsylvania’s coal regions, because a wild trout stream designation can negatively impact the permitting process within the stream’s watershed.

I joined many of you in asking the Fish and Boat Commission to rethink its designations and consider their impact on jobs. This effort was to no avail. If this policy had been proposed as a regulation and subject to the provisions of the Regulatory Review Act, affected individuals, businesses and interest groups would have had a formal opportunity to make public comment and have that comment considered by the legislature and the Fish and Boat Commission.

For this reason, I intend to re-introduce legislation that will subject Fish and Boat Commission regulations to the Regulatory Review Act. The effect of this bill is that future Fish and Boat Commission regulations will be subject to the same level of public and legislative review as are regulations of numerous other state agencies. The bill is not intended to impede the Commission’s ability to propose regulations, but rather to ensure that the regulations are vetted thoroughly and properly before being implemented.

Thank you for your consideration of this proposal.

(Previous cosponsors were: SWANGER , CAUSER , DENLINGER , EVERETT , GEIST , GODSHALL , GROVE, HEFFLEY, MALONEY, METCALFE , MURT , OBERLANDER, PERRY , PICKETT , REESE, ROAE , SONNEY and TALLMAN)

Introduced as HB450