H926 - Regulatory Reform Act of 2025. (SL 2025-94)

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Session Year 2025

Overview: Section 15 of S.L. 2025-94 (House Bill 926) clarifies the official State policy on contested cases, to provide that for State agencies whose contested cases operate under Article 3A of the Administrative Procedure Act, disputes between a person and the agency should ideally be settled through informal procedures before the filing of a contested case, and that a contested case may be filed only if the dispute cannot be resolved informally.

This section became effective October 6, 2025.