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Mandatory sunset clauses would be another good idea Some states have a government body that does nothing but review old laws and rules and agencies to see if t
by reaperducer 4y ago
Mandatory sunset clauses would be another good idea
Some states have a government body that does nothing but review old laws and rules and agencies to see if they're still needed.
I don't know how successful they are (for varying definitions of "successful,") but they do exist.
- dane-pgp 4y agoTo give an example, the UK has passed seventeen "Statute Law (Repeals) Acts"[0] since 1969, the most recent[1] being in 2013, which repealed the whole of 817 Acts of Parliament, and portions of more than 50 others (on the advice of the Law Commission[2]). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_Law_%28Repeals%29_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_Law_%28Repeals%29_Act [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_Law_%28Repeals%29_Act_2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_Law_%28Repeals%29_Act_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Commission_%28England_and_Wales%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Commission_%28England_and_...