Section 4-5-228 - Statement by proposing agency projecting whether new rule or regulation to have financial impact on local governments

(a) On any rule and regulation proposed to be promulgated, the proposing agency shall state in a simple declarative sentence, without additional comments on the merits or the policy of the rule or regulation, whether the rule or regulation may have a projected financial impact on local governments. The statement shall describe the financial impact in terms of increase in expenditures or decrease in revenues. If the statement says that the rule or regulation has a financial impact on local governments, the general assembly may request representatives of any affected local government to testify concerning its impact.(b) The proposing agency shall submit a copy of the statement provided in subsection (a) to the secretary of state. Acts 2010, ch. 1070, § 2.