HB 2103 -- SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FAIRNESS BOARD

SPONSOR:  Ervin

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Small
Business by a vote of 9 to 1.

This bill requires 50 cents from each business registration fee
collected by the Secretary of State to be deposited into the
newly created Small Business Regulatory Fairness Fund and,
subject to appropriations, used by the Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Board to hire 1.5 full-time equivalent employees to
perform certain specified clerical and professional tasks and to
provide additional funding for certain board-related costs.

Requests or recommendations generated by the board to any state
agency, board, or commission must be responded to within 60 days
of the request or recommendation.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Cost on General Revenue Fund of $120,913
in FY 2011, $85,551 in FY 2012, and $88,117 in FY 2013.  No
impact on Other State Funds in FY 2011, FY 2012, and FY 2013.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will help fund the
needed staff and expenses of the Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Board and addresses the key issues hindering progress on
small business regulatory fairness in Missouri.  More staff is
necessary because one employee has been shared with four other
commissions, and no report was prepared last fall for the
legislators because there was no time for analysis and 145
regulations that affect small business were received in March
2009 alone.  Consistent administrative support at a higher level
is necessary to be able to fully carry out the board's work.  The
board must review all 2,539 pages of the Missouri Register,
examine in detail and react to over 200 small business impact
statements received in 2009, and help small business owners with
problems and issues.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Ervin; Scott George,
Mid-America Dental and Hearing Center; National Federation of
Independent Business; Associated Industries of Missouri; and
Nancy Zurbuchen, Motional Multimedia.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm