2. Periodic reporting.__A business operating in this State that is required to periodically report information or data to an agency or department of State Government may not be required to report that information or data to an agency or department of State Government more than once during each established reporting period.__A business operating in this State may only be required to report that information or data to a single agency or department of State Government during an established reporting period.__That single agency is the agency of record.

3.__Sharing of information and data.__An agency or department of State Government that requires access to the same or similar information or data reported by a business under existing law may request that information from the agency of record. The agency of record shall provide that information or data in a timely manner to the requesting agency or department of State Government unless sharing of that information or data is prohibited for reasons of confidentiality under state or federal law.

4.__Request for additional information or data.__An agency or department of State Government that requires information or data from a business operating in this State that is not the same or similar to the information or data reported by a business under existing law may request that the agency of record require the business to submit additional information or data to the agency of record.

5.__Obligation to identify agency or department of record.__A business required to report information or data pursuant to existing law shall identify the agency of record upon a request for information or data from another agency or department of State Government.

6.__Annual report.__Beginning in 2003, each agency or department of State Government must include in its annual report to the Governor required under section 43 a summary of its efforts during the preceding fiscal year to comply with the provisions of this section.__The summary must indicate the number and nature of any complaints filed by businesses against the reporting agency or department alleging violation of the provisions of this section and must summarize the actions by the agency or department to respond to such complaints.__A copy of the policies established by the agency or department to carry out the requirements of this section must be appended to the summary.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes the Paperwork Reduction Act. The bill requires that similar or identical information and data required to be reported periodically to state agencies or departments by businesses operating in the State be reported to a single agency, the agency of record. Historically, it is the agency or department of State Government that first required a business operating in this State to report information or data during a reporting period established by law or rule. The bill also requires that requests for additional information by a state agency be made through the agency of record and that a business disclose the identity of the agency of record to any state agency requesting that information.