Efficiency in Permitting, Licensing, and Certification Processes Act

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Policy Status

  • Type: Model Policy
  • Status: Draft
  • Date Introduced: December 5, 2024

Task Forces

  • Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development
  • Tax and Fiscal Policy

    • Tags

  • SNPS 2024

    • Summary

    This Act seeks to create efficiency in permitting, licensing, and certification processes by requiring agencies, departments, boards, commissions, offices, and councils to catalog all permits, licenses, or certifications issued in addition to any requirements for application.
    Draft

    Efficiency in Permitting, Licensing, and Certification Processes Act

    Section 1.

    (A) Each [STATE] agency, department, board, commission, office, or council that issues permits, licenses, or certifications shall, on an annual basis, compile a catalog of types of permits, licenses, or certifications it issues. The catalog shall include:

    (1) A description of each type of permit, license, or certification issued by the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council, the term thereof, and the statutory, regulatory, or other basis therefore;

    (2) The method by which the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council receives applications for each type of permit, license, or certification (e.g., paper, electronic, or other method) and when that method was last significantly updated;

    (3) The statutory, regulatory, or other legal authority governing the length of time within which the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council must process applications for each type of permit, license, or certification;

    (4) The application fee charged by the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council for each type of permit, license, or certification, and the statutory, regulatory, or other legal authority therefor;

    (5) The analysis of the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council and recommendation of the appropriate length of time to promptly process completed applications for each type of permit, license, or certification. An application is complete after the applicant has properly and timely submitted all information required by the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council to act upon the application; and

    (6) Other relevant information as requested.

    (B) Following receipt and review of the agency, department, board, commission, office, or council catalogs, information, recommendations, and analyses, the Governor’s Office will establish recommended, efficient application processing times for the various types of permits, licenses, and certifications, as appropriate.

    (C) The Governor’s Office will review the existing digital services used to apply for permits, licenses, and certifications and offer recommendations on specific digital services where upgrades and modernization efforts could better serve citizens of [STATE] and all other applicants.

    (D) Any agency, department, board, commission, office, or council, after having received a completed application, that exceeds the recommended application processing time as established under Section 2, will refund the amount of the application fee to the extent permitted by law. The refund will have no bearing on the disposition of the underlying application. This Act shall apply to applications received on or after the dates the recommended, efficient application processing times are established by the Governor’s Office.

    Section 2. {Severability clause.}

    Section 3. {Repealer clause.}

    Section 4. {Effective date.}