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Following the 2013 Legislative General Session, 478 bills have or will become law.  The Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, at Subsection 63G-3-301(13), requires agencies to file administrative rules mandated by legislation within 180 days of the bill’s effective date. In August, Legislative staff sent notice to agency rulewriters and administrators regarding the deadlines.  For the 392 bills that became effective on

Section 63G-3-305 requires each agency to review its rules within five years of each rule’s original enactment, and then within five-year intervals (the anniversary date).  To comply with the review requirement, the agency must submit a “Five-Year Notice of Review and Statement of Continuation” by the rule’s anniversary date.  Otherwise, an unreviewed rule expires, becomes unenforceable, and is removed from

Of the 524 bills and resolutions passed during the 2013 General Session, 478 bills have or will become law.  The Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, at Subsection 63G-3-301(13), requires agencies to file administrative rules mandated by legislation within 180 days of the bill’s effective date. On 05/14/2013, 392 bills take effect. For these bills, if the Legislature specifically required administrative rulemaking,

Governor Herbert’s 12/06/2011 executive order requires each “cabinet level administrator, or other official of similar responsibility, who answers to the Governor” to designate an administrative rules coordinator. Among other duties, the coordinator must: assess enacted legislation by June 1 of each year to ensure that new regulatory obligations are discovered and met in a timely manner by appropriate rulemaking action;

Section 63G-3-305 requires each agency to review its rules within five years of each rule’s original enactment, and then within five-year intervals. To comply with the review requirement, the agency must submit a “Five-Year Notice of Review and Statement of Continuation” for each of its rules listed below. Otherwise, unreviewed rules expire, become unenforceable, and will be removed from the

Earlier this summer, the Division of Administrative Rules reminded agencies that if the Legislature specifically required administrative rulemaking as part of one of the bills that passed during the General Session, the agency is required to initiate rulemaking (file the rule with the Division) within 180 days of the bills effective date.  For most bills, effective 05/08/2012, that deadline is

Of the 477 bills and resolutions passed during the 2012 General Session, 428 bills have or will become law.  The Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, at Section 63G-3-302(13), requires agencies to file administrative rules mandated by legislation within 180 days of the bill’s effective date. On 05/08/2012, 331 bills took effect. For these bills, if the Legislature specifically required administrative rulemaking,

The Division of Administrative Rules has updated its list of administrative rules due for review in the remaining months of 2011.  Section 63G-3-305 requires each agency to review its rules within five years of each rule’s original enactment, and then within five-year intervals (the anniversary date).  To comply with the review requirement, the agency must submit a “Five-Year Notice of

Back in 2008, rules from around state government were amended to accommodate “Working 4 Utah” — Governor Huntsman’s initiative to save energy by changing the work week to four ten-hour days.  With the passage of H.B. 328 (2011) and Governor Herbert’s directive to return to five eight-hour days with business hours from 8 AM to 5 PM beginning the first

The Division of Administrative Rules has updated the Rulemaking Time Frames table.  This reference table provides agencies with quick access to the Utah State Bulletin publication schedule and related filing and public comment dates.  The Rulemaking Time Frames table is available online from the Agency Resources page or directly at http://www.rules.utah.gov/agencyresources/timeframes.htm.  A printable (PDF) version is also available at http://www.rules.utah.gov/agencyresources/2011RulemakingTimeFrames.pdf.