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11.202 Duties of Commission on Small Business Advocacy -- Report.

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Page 1 of 1 11.202 Duties of Commission on Small Business Advocacy -- Report. (1) The duties of the Commission on Small Business Advocacy shall include, but not be limited to: <br>(a) Coordinate and promote the awareness of the Federal Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and its subsequent <br>amendments within the small business community of the Commonwealth; (b) Develop a process by which the small business community is made aware of state legislation and administrative regulations affecting it, both prior to its <br>enactment and during its implementation; (c) Advocate for the small business sectors when state legislation and administrative regulations are overly burdensome, costly, or harmful to the <br>success and growth of the sector; (d) Collect information and research those public policies and government practices which are helpful or detrimental to the success and growth of the <br>small business community; and (e) Review administrative regulations that may impact small business. The commission may seek input from other agencies, organizations, or interested <br>parties. In acting as an advocate for small business, the commission may <br>submit a written report to the promulgating administrative body to be <br>considered as comments received during the public comment period required <br>by KRS 13A.270(1)(c). The report may specify the commission's findings <br>regarding the administrative regulation, including an identification and <br>estimate of the number of small businesses subject to the administrative <br>regulation, the projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other administrative <br>costs required for compliance with the administrative regulation, and any <br>suggestions the commission has for reducing the regulatory burden on small <br>businesses through the use of tiering or exemptions, in accordance with KRS <br>13A.210. A copy of the report shall be filed with the regulations compiler of <br>the Legislative Research Commission. (2) By September 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the Governor and the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism detailing <br>its work in the prior fiscal year, including, but not limited to the following: <br>(a) Activities and achievements of the commission in accomplishing its purposes and duties; (b) Findings of the commission related to its collection of information and research on public policies and government practices affecting small <br>businesses, including specific legislation and administrative regulations that <br>are helpful or detrimental to the success of small businesses; and (c) Specific recommendations of ways state government could better promote the economic development efforts of small businesses in the Commonwealth. Effective: July 13, 2004 <br>History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 387, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.