Tag: Regulation
Tag: Regulation (page 4)
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State Implementation of Clean Water Act (TMDL) Requirements (Amended)
Model Legislation Section 1. {Title} This Act may be referred to as the Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Act. Section 2. {Purpose and Intent} It is the purpose of this…
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Regulatory Costs Fairness Act
Regulatory Costs Fairness Act Section 1. Diminution in value; just compensation A. If the existing rights to use, divide, sell or possess private real…
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Economic Liberty Resolution
Model Resolution WHEREAS, a prosperous economy depends upon job creation through private investment and entrepreneurship; and WHEREAS, greater private investment and entrepreneurship is associated with greater economic prosperity; and WHEREAS,…
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Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Short Title.} This Act shall be known as the Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act. Section 2. {Legislative Declarations.} This legislature finds and declares that: (A) Economic…
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Intrastate Coal and Use Act
Summary The purpose of this bill is to create the Intrastate Coal and Use Act. The bill establishes that the environmental regulation of coal…
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Resolution on the Enhancement of Economic Neutrality, Commercial Efficiency, and Fairness in the Taxation of Moist Smokeless Tobacco (MST) Products
Resolution on the Enhancement of Economic Neutrality, Commercial Efficiency, and Fairness in the Taxation of Moist Smokeless Tobacco (MST) Products WHEREAS, excise taxes are…
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Prevailing Wage Repeal Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Short Title.} This Act shall be known as the Prevailing Wage Repeal Act. Section 2. {Legislative Declarations.} The legislature finds and declares that: (A) Prevailing wage…
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ALEC to States: Repeal Renewable Energy Mandates
ALEC adopts Electricity Freedom Act and discusses it on Master Resource (a free-market energy blog). “As the debate over subsidies, handouts, and cronyism for renewable energy continues, so too…
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Hired With a Silver Spoon?
At a time when states are tightening their budgets and looking everywhere to find savings, one area has been largely overlooked. A new study released by Citizens Against Government…
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Regulatory Review and Rescission Act
Regulatory Review and Rescission Act Purpose: Section 1 of this Act institutes a system allowing state lawmakers to examine the efficacy of regulations before implementation, reviewing costs, benefits,…
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5th Circuit Upholds PPACA’s Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals
Last Thursday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit challenging provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that effectively limit expansion of physician-owned hospitals. The…
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Food and Nutrition Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Definitions} (A) “Food nutrition information” includes, but is not limited to, the caloric, fat, carbohydrate, cholesterol, fiber, sugar, potassium, protein, vitamin, mineral, and sodium, and allergen…
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Resolution in Support of the Regulations from the Executive In Need Of Scrutiny (REINS) Act.
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America charges the Congress with all legislative powers; and WHEREAS,Members of the United States House of Representatives and the…
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Regulation without Representation: How the EPA has become a Political Tool
In the January 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama called for the United States to produce 80 percent of its electricity from “clean” energy by 2035. The…
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Rothschild: “4 reasons that ‘Rich States, Poor States’ matters”
By Dan Rothschild Dan Rothschild responded to yesterday’s release of ALEC’s ‘Rich States, Poor States’ report: “In a presidential election year, all eyes are focused on Washington and the…
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ALEC Resolution Opposing Overregulation of Payroll Cards
Model Resolution WHEREAS, a payroll card is a reloadable prepaid card issued to an employee by or on behalf of an employer through a national or regional bank, credit union,…
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State Regulatory Responsibility Act
State Regulatory Responsibility Act Summary Quite often federal agencies under the guise of “policy” or “guidance” and without any specific statutory authority or regulation,…