Initiative Tracker -- Simplify and Streamline Regulation and Permitting.  Create and maintain an efficient, simple, and streamlined regulatory and permitting system that makes it easier to start, expand, and operate businesses while still protecting public regulatory goals.

Business Initiative Leaders: Judy Peppler, Qwest; Eric Blackledge, Blackledge Furniture.  Let us know what you think.

Public Sector Partners: Pat Allen, Office of Regulatory Streamlining; Mike McArthur, Executive Director, Association of Oregon Counties; Cory Streisinger, Director, Department of Consumer and Business Services; Ken Strobeck, Executive Director, League of Oregon Cities.

• Agenda for 2005
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Agenda for 2005:

• Continue to simplify and streamline regulation at a state level:

• Complete 100 streamlining projects in 2005 through the Office of Regulatory Streamlining.

• Work to achieve the goals and objectives outlined by various outside advisory committees on streamlining. Give consideration to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Regulatory Streamlining, and the Advisory Committee on Agency Rule Streamlining.

• Place more regulatory information online and allow for more permit transactions over the Internet.

• Support the Governor’s regulatory streamlining legislative package during the 2005 session.  The Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, 29 of the 35 bills in the package: House bills 2083, 2084, 2085, 2087, 2089, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2127, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2186, 2204, 2206, 2207, 2452 and, 3238 and Senate bills 32, 96, 97, 101, 178, 179, and 323.

• Conduct a biennial business survey (through the Office of Regulatory Streamlining) on Oregon's regulatory climate.

• Establish additional measurement tools to track improvements in regulatory processes.

• Business associations should market the regulatory streamlining website to encourage businesses to bring problems to the state’s attention.

• Simplify and streamline city, county, and state regulations:

• In conjunction with business, the League of Oregon Cities, the Association of Oregon Counties, and the Office of Regulatory Streamlining should convene relevant city, county, and state officials in pilot communities around the state to identify key regulatory issues.

• Groups in pilot communities should develop short-term and long-term action plans to simplify and streamline local regulatory processes.  The focus should be on those regulations related to real estate development, and should involve multiple jurisdictions across a region.   

• State legislators should work with pilot cities and submit legislation, if appropriate, as work progresses.

View our list of accomplishments on this initiative since the creation of the Oregon Business Plan in 2002.

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Key Links - Documents, Websites, News, & Bills:

Documents

• "Streamlining Permitting" (PDF) -- Oregon Business Plan White Paper (January 2003)
• "2005 Regulatory Streamlining Agenda" -- Office of Regulatory Streamlining (January 2005)
• "Gaining Competitive Advantage" -- Advisory Committee on Regulatory Permitting, Final Report (December 2004)
• 2004 Annual Report to the Governor (PDF) -- Office of Regulatory Streamlining (June 2004)
• Executive Order on Regulatory Streamlining (PDF) -- Governor Kulongoski (February 2003)
• Regulatory Streamlining Task Force Report (PDF) -- Dept. of Administrative Services (12/6/02)

Websites

• Office of Regulatory Streamlining -- Official Website
• Oregon Licenses, Permits, & Registrations -- Official Online Directory
• Regulatory Streamlining Bills & Efforts -- Latest News & Reports
• Regulatory Permitting Advisory Committee -- Official Website
• Agency Rule Streamlining Committee -- Established by HB 3120

News

• "Governor Signs Bills to Simplify Business Requirements" (PDF) -- Office of Regulatory Streamlining, Press Release (4/13/05)
• "Annual Report on Regulatory Streamlining Released" -- Business Plan News (7/9/04)
• "Agencies Report to Governor on Regulatory Streamlining" (PDF) -- Office of the Governor, Press Release (7/9/04)
• "New Internet Directory Offers 'One-Stop' Access To Information On State-Issued Licenses and Permits" -- Office of the Governor, Press Release (11/19/03)
• "Oregon Regulatory Streamlining Efforts Called National Model" -- Office of the Governor, Press Release (10/21/03)

Bills

• HB 2564, HB 2717, SB711, SB713, SB714, and SB715 -- Some of the Bills Passed During 2003 Legislative Session to Streamline Permitting and Eliminate Redundant Regulations

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