In evaluating each statutory entity the appropriate House or Senate sunset committee may consider factors including, but not limited to:

1. The extent to which statutory changes have been recommended which would benefit the statutory entity;

2. The extent to which operation of the statutory entity has been efficient and responsive to public needs;

3. The extent to which the public has been encouraged to participate in rule- and decision-making as opposed to participation solely by persons regulated;

4. The extent to which complaints have been expeditiously processed to completion in the public interest;

5. The extent to which affirmative action requirements of state and federal statutes and constitutions have been complied with by the agency or the industry it regulates;

6. An identification of other statutory entities having the same or similar objectives along with a comparison of the cost and effectiveness of said statutory entities and any duplication of the statutory entity under review;

7. An examination of the extent to which the objectives of the statutory entity have been achieved in comparison with the objectives as initially set forth in the enabling legislation and an analysis of any significant variance between project and actual performance;

8. A specification, to the extent feasible, in quantitative terms, of the objectives of said statutory entity for the next six (6) years; and

9. An examination of the impact of said statutory entity on the economy of the state.

Added by Laws 1977, c. 9, § 15, emerg. eff. March 10, 1977. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 31, § 4.