Kansas HB 2291: Permitting food establishments to allow dogs in outside areas and microbreweries to allow dogs in outside and inside areas, allowing microbreweries to sell beer with a limited alcohol content as cereal malt beverage.

Bill Text

HOUSE BILL No. 2291
AN ACT creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general;
establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend
administrative rules and regulations for program participants; amending K.S.A. 75-
4319 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. As used in sections 1 through 7, and amendments
thereto:
(a) "Agency" means any officer, department, bureau, division,
board, authority, agency, commission or institution of this state, except
the judicial and legislative branches, that is authorized by law to adopt
rules and regulations concerning the administration, enforcement or
interpretation of any law of this state;
(b) "records" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form; and
(c) "written report" means the report written by an applicable
agency required by section 3(f), and amendments thereto.
New Sec. 2. (a) (1) There is hereby established within the office of
the attorney general a regulatory relief division to administer and
support the operations of the general regulatory sandbox program.
(2) The attorney general shall establish and maintain a principal
office for the regulatory relief division within the state, appoint
employees and agents and prescribe the duties and compensation for
each employee and agent subject to appropriations. The regulatory
relief division shall be headed by a director appointed by the attorney
general. Such director shall report to the attorney general and may
appoint staff subject to the approval of the attorney general.
Appointments of employees by the attorney general or by the director
and approved by the attorney general shall be limited to one full-time
and one part-time employee, unless additional staff is requested by and
authorized pursuant to appropriations as approved by the house
committee on appropriations and the senate committee on ways and
means.
(b) (1) The regulatory relief division shall:
(A) Administer the provisions of this section;
(B) administer the general regulatory sandbox program; and
(C) act as a liaison between private businesses and applicable
agencies to identify rules and regulations that could be waived or
suspended under the general regulatory sandbox program.
(2) The regulatory relief division may:
(A) Review state laws and rules and regulations that may
unnecessarily inhibit the creation or success of new and existing
companies and provide recommendations to the governor and the
legislature on amending or repealing such state laws and rules and
regulations;
(B) create a framework for analyzing the risk level to the health,
safety and financial well-being of consumers related to repealing state
laws and repealing or waiving the requirements of rules and regulations
identified in subparagraph (A);
(C) propose potential reciprocity agreements between states that
use or are proposing to use similar general regulatory sandbox
programs as described in this section;
(D) adopt rules and regulations regarding the administration of the
general regulatory sandbox program, including rules and regulations
that:
(i) Administer the general regulatory sandbox program; and
(ii) set forth the general regulatory sandbox program application
process and reporting requirements; and
(E) consult and cooperate with other agencies in the state relating
to the general regulatory sandbox program.
(c) (1) There is hereby established the general regulatory sandbox
program advisory committee. The advisory committee shall have 11
members as follows:
(A) Five members who represent business interests from a variety

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of industries, appointed by the director;
(B) two members appointed by the director who represent state
agencies that license or regulate businesses;
(C) one member of the senate, appointed by the president of the
senate;
(D) one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the
speaker of the house of representatives;
(E) one member of the senate, appointed by the minority leader of
the senate; and
(F) one member of the house of representatives, appointed by the
minority leader of the house of representatives.
(2) Appointments to the advisory committee made by the director
shall be for four-year renewable terms. Appointments to the advisory
committee made by the president of the senate and the speaker of the
house of representatives shall be for two-year renewable terms. Any
vacancy in the membership of the advisory committee shall be filled for
the unexpired term in the same manner as provided in this paragraph for
the original appointment. Notwithstanding the requirements of this
paragraph, the director may adjust the length of terms of appointments to
the advisory committee, so that approximately half of the advisory
committee is appointed every two years.
(3) The director shall select a chairp