After an auspicious beginning, sunset reform remains an institutionalized form of legislative oversight in 26 states. This study moves beyond the simplistic notion that the success or failure of sunset review is a function of its ability to terminate agencies and toward a more complete understanding of the role that sunset review has come to play in state government. This understanding can help us establish more realistic objectives by which to judge the sunset process.
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