Section 29A-3-20 - Executive review of agency rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations(a) All executive agencies with rule-making authority shall: (1) Review and evaluate all state rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations under their jurisdiction that have similar federal rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations;(2) Determine whether the state rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations are more stringent than federal counterparts;(3) Provide for a comment period for all rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations; and(4) Submit a report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee on or before November 1, 2017, which shall include:(A) A description of the state rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations that are more stringent than federal counterparts; and(B) Comments received from the comment period provided for in subdivision (3) of this subsection.(b) Within four years of the enactment of this law, each executive agency with rule-making authority shall review all of its rules and determine whether the rules should be continued without change, modified or repealed. On or before July 1, 2020, each agency shall submit a report to the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee which includes the following information for each rule under the agency's jurisdiction:(1) A description of the rule;(2) A determination of whether the rule should continue without change, be modified or repealed; and(3) The reasoning for said determination.Added by 2016 Acts, ch. 146 (SB 619), eff. 6/10/2016.