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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1402
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1402
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 5162
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(CE)
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12	19		AN ACT MODIFYING THE REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS OF
13	20		REGULATIONS AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4-168a of the general statutes is 1
18	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
19	26		2025): 3
20	27		(b) Prior to or concomitant with the posting of a notice pursuant to 4
21	28		section 4-168, each agency shall prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis 5
22	29		in which the agency shall identify: 6
23	30		(1) The scope and objectives of the proposed regulation; 7
24	31		(2) The types of businesses potentially affected by the proposed 8
25	32		regulation; 9
26	33		(3) The total number of small businesses potentially subject to the 10
27	34		proposed regulation; 11
28	35		(4) Whether small businesses, in order to comply with the proposed 12
29	36		regulation, may be required to: (A) Create, file or issue additional 13
	37	+	Raised Bill No. 1402
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	41	+	LCO No. 5162 2 of 3
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30	43		reports; (B) implement additional recordkeeping procedures, including, 14
31	44		but not limited to, the retention of records for a period of time; (C) 15
32		-	provide additional administrative oversight; (D) hire additional 16 Substitute Bill No. 1402
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	45	+	provide additional administrative oversight; (D) hire additional 16
37	46		employees; (E) hire or contract with additional professionals, including, 17
38	47		but not limited to, lawyers, accountants, engineers, auditors or 18
39	48		inspectors; (F) purchase any product or make any capital investment; 19
40		-	(G) conduct additional training, audits or inspections; [or] (H) pay 20
41		-	additional taxes or fees; (I) modify or provide an additional employee 21
42		-	benefit; or (J) modify a product manufactured by the small business or 22
43		-	the packaging of such product; 23
44		-	(5) Whether and to what extent the agency communicated with small 24
45		-	businesses or small business organizations in developing the proposed 25
46		-	regulation and the regulatory flexibility analysis, if applicable; 26
47		-	(6) Whether and to what extent the proposed regulation provides 27
48		-	alternative compliance methods for small businesses that will 28
49		-	accomplish the objectives of applicable statutes while minimizing 29
50		-	adverse impact on small businesses. Such methods shall be consistent 30
51		-	with public health, safety and welfare and may include, but not be 31
52		-	limited to: 32
53		-	(A) The establishment of less stringent compliance or reporting 33
54		-	requirements for small businesses; 34
55		-	(B) The establishment of less stringent schedules or deadlines for 35
56		-	compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses; 36
57		-	(C) The consolidation or simplification of compliance or reporting 37
58		-	requirements for small businesses; 38
59		-	(D) The establishment of performance standards for small businesses 39
60		-	to replace design or operational standards required in the proposed 40
61		-	regulation; and 41
62		-	(E) The exemption of small businesses from all or any part of the 42
63		-	requirements contained in the proposed regulation. 43
	49	+	(G) conduct additional training, audits or inspections; [or] (H) incur 20
	50	+	costs or pay additional taxes or fees; (I) modify or provide an additional 21
	51	+	employee benefit; (J) develop or modify an employee handbook; (K) 22
	52	+	post a required notice; (L) modify a product manufactured by the small 23
	53	+	business or the packaging of such product; or (M) develop or modify 24
	54	+	operating procedures; 25
	55	+	(5) Whether and to what extent the agency communicated with small 26
	56	+	businesses or small business organizations in developing the proposed 27
	57	+	regulation and the regulatory flexibility analysis, if applicable; 28
	58	+	(6) Whether and to what extent the proposed regulation provides 29
	59	+	alternative compliance methods for small businesses that will 30
	60	+	accomplish the objectives of applicable statutes while minimizing 31
	61	+	adverse impact on small businesses. Such methods shall be consistent 32
	62	+	with public health, safety and welfare and may include, but not be 33
	63	+	limited to: 34
	64	+	(A) The establishment of less stringent compliance or reporting 35
	65	+	requirements for small businesses; 36
	66	+	(B) The establishment of less stringent schedules or deadlines for 37
	67	+	compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses; 38
	68	+	(C) The consolidation or simplification of compliance or reporting 39
	69	+	requirements for small businesses; 40
	70	+	(D) The establishment of performance standards for small businesses 41
	71	+	to replace design or operational standards required in the proposed 42
	72	+	regulation; and 43
	73	+	Raised Bill No. 1402
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	79	+	(E) The exemption of small businesses from all or any part of the 44
	80	+	requirements contained in the proposed regulation. 45
64	81		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
65	82		sections:
66		-	Substitute Bill No. 1402
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69		-	LCO 3 of 3
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71	84		Section 1 July 1, 2025 4-168a(b)
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73		-	CE Joint Favorable Subst.
	86	+	Statement of Purpose:
	87	+	To expand what may be required in the regulatory flexibility analysis
	88	+	prepared by agencies prior to the adoption of a proposed regulation.
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	90	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	91	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	92	+	underlined.]
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