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- Title
Sunset and Occupational Regulation: A Case Study.
- Authors
Slaughter, Cynthia
- Abstract
Legislators have recently begun to evaluate the need for and performance of occupational regulation. Much of this evaluation has been ‘forced’ on state legislatures by sunset laws which automatically terminate occupational licensing agencies unless these agencies are actively reauthorized by legislative statute. This is a case study of sunset review of occupational licensing agencies by the Texas state legislature. Changes in agency structure, policy, and procedure as a result of the sunset review are analyzed. The analysis also investigates to what extent changes in occupational regulatory agencies are the result of political influence by powerful agencies and their respective constituencies. The author concludes that standard changes are adopted for all agencies. However, larger, more powerful licensing agencies are able to resist many significant changes. This ability to resist stems both from the agency's clout as well as from a legitimate need for regulation of some areas.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SUNSET review laws; OCCUPATIONS; ADMINISTRATIVE law; LEGISLATIVE oversight; MANAGEMENT of government agencies; PUBLIC administration; LICENSES
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 1986, Vol 46, Issue 3, p241
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3110439