KRS 11.202: Duties of Commission on Small Business Innovation and Advocacy --

Annual reports.

(1) The duties of the Commission on Small Business Innovation and Advocacy shall

include but not be limited to:

(a) Coordinate and promote the awareness of the F ederal Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and its subsequent

amendments within the small business community of the Commonwealth;

(b) Develop a process by which the small business community is made aware of

state legislation and adm inistrative regulations affecting it, both prior to its

enactment and during its implementation;

(c) Advocate for the small business sectors when state legislation and

administrative regulations are overly burdensome, costly, or harmful to the

success and growth of the sector;

(d) Collect information and research those public policies and government

practices which are helpful or detrimental to the success and growth of the

small business community; and

(e) Review administrative regulations that may impact small business. The

commission may seek input from other agencies, organizations, or interested

parties. In acting as an advocate for small business, the commission may

submit a written report to the promulgating administrative body to be

considered as com ments received during the public comment period required

by KRS 13A.270(1)(c). The report may specify the commission's findings

regarding the administrative regulation, including an identification and

estimate of the number of small businesses subject to t he administrative

regulation, the projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other administrative

costs required for compliance with the administrative regulation, and any

suggestions the commission has for reducing the regulatory burden on small

businesses through the use of tiering or exemptions, in accordance with KRS

13A.210. A copy of the report shall be filed with the regulations compiler of

the Legislative Research Commission.

(2) By September 1 of each year, the commission shall submit a report to the Governor,

the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment,

and the Interim Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information

Technology detailing its work in the prior fiscal year, including but not limited to

the following:

(a) Activities and achievements of the commission in accomplishing its purposes

and duties;

(b) Findings of the commission related to its collection of information and

research on public policies and government practices affecting small

businesses, including specific legislation and administrative regulations that

are helpful or detrimental to the success of small businesses; and

(c) Specific recommendations of ways state government could better promote the

economic development efforts of small businesses in the Commonwealth.

(3) Beginning December 1, 2012, and on every December 1 thereafter, the commission

shall submit an annual report to the Secretary of State and the Legislative Research

Commission setting forth an analysis of how the one -stop electronic business portal

established in KRS 14.250 may be improved to make the business portal more user

friendly for businesses.