A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to limit new agency regulatory requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 150B‑19 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"An agency may not adopt a rule that does one or more of the following:
…
(7)	Results in additional costs on persons subject to the rule unless adoption of the rule is required to respond to at least one of the following:
a.	A serious and unforeseen threat to the public health, safety, or welfare.
b.	An act of the General Assembly or United States Congress.
c.	A change in federal or State budgetary policy.
d.	A federal regulation.
e.	A court order."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to rules adopted by an agency on or after that date.