Utah Code 63N-16-103. Creation of regulatory relief office and appointment of director — Responsibilities of regulatory relief office

63N-16-103. Creation of regulatory relief office and appointment of director — Responsibilities of regulatory relief office.

(1)	There is created within the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity the Utah Office of Regulatory Relief.

Director: means the director of the Utah Office of Regulatory Relief created in Section 63N-16-103. See Utah Code 63N-16-102
Executive director: means the executive director of the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. See Utah Code 63N-16-102
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Regulatory relief office: means the Utah Office of Regulatory Relief created in Section 63N-16-103. See Utah Code 63N-16-102
Regulatory sandbox: means the General Regulatory Sandbox Program created in Section 63N-16-201, which allows a person to temporarily demonstrate an offering under a waiver or suspension of one or more state laws or regulations. See Utah Code 63N-16-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)

(a)	The regulatory relief office shall be administered by a director.

(b)	The director shall report to the executive director and may appoint staff subject to the approval of the executive director.

(3)

The regulatory relief office shall:

(a)	administer the provisions of this chapter;

(b)	administer the regulatory sandbox program; and

(c)	act as a liaison between private businesses and applicable agencies to identify state laws or regulations that could potentially be waived or suspended under the regulatory sandbox program.

(4)

The regulatory relief office may:

(a)	review state laws and regulations that may unnecessarily inhibit the creation and success of new companies or industries and provide recommendations to the governor and the Legislature on modifying such state laws and regulations;

(b)	create a framework for analyzing the risk level to the health, safety, and financial well-being of consumers related to permanently removing or temporarily waiving laws and regulations inhibiting the creation or success of new and existing companies or industries;

(c)	propose potential reciprocity agreements between states that use or are proposing to use similar regulatory sandbox programs as described in this chapter; and

(d)

in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and the provisions of this chapter, make rules regarding:

(i)	administering the regulatory sandbox, including making rules regarding the application process and the reporting requirements of sandbox participants; and

(ii)	cooperating and consulting with other agencies in the state that administer sandbox programs.

Amended by Chapter 332, 2022 General Session