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The House of Representatives passed S.B. 88, “Administrative Rulemaking Act Amendments.”  S.B. 88 amends Subsection 63G-3-301(13) .  In response to legislation that specifically requires rulemaking, an agency may provide a copy of an existing rule that meets the requirement to the Administrative Rules Review Committee instead of appearing before the committee. More information about S.B. 88 is available on the

Sen. Howard Stephenson’s “Administrative Rules Review Committee” bill has been numbered as S.B. 64.  Information about the bill was posted earlier at http://www.rules.utah.gov/rulesnews/?p=336.

Sen. Howard Stephenson is sponsoring S.B. 88, Administrative Rulemaking Act Amendments.  The bill amends Subsection 63G-3-301(13) of the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.  The bill “requires that, when a statute is enacted that requires agency rulemaking and the affected agency already has rules in place that meet the statutory requirement, the agency shall submit the rules to the Administrative Rules Review

At the January 16, 2009, Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, Sen. Howard Stephenson presented a draft bill entitled, “Administrative Rules Review Committee.”  This bill amends Section 63G-3-501, inserting: (8)(a) Independent of its power to review administrative rules, the committee may review any appropriation made by the Legislature, whether in an appropriations bill or otherwise, to ensure that the entity to

At its January 7, 2009, meeting, the Administrative Rules Review Committee approved its annual omnibus legislation to reauthorize administrative rules.  The bill is required by Subsection 63G-3-502(3). Based on information presented at the Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting on January 16, the bill will reauthorize all administrative rules EXCEPT: Board of Regents’ Rule R765-603 entitled “Regents’ Scholarship”; and Board of

At the November 17, 2008, Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, the committee approved the following amendment to the Rulemaking Act. (13) (a)  As used in this Subsection (13), “initiate rulemaking proceedings” means the filing, for the purposes of publication in accordance with Subsection (4), of an agency’s proposed rule that is required by state statute. (b)  A state agency shall

To resolve ambiguity around the meaning of the word “requires” as it is used in the rulemaking act and H.B. 327, the Division amended Section R15-3-5. This amendment states: For the purposes of Subsection 63-46a-4(11), the phrase “statutory provision that requires the rulemaking” means a state statutory provision that explicitly mandates rulemaking. The amendment was published in the 03/15/2007, issue

H.B. 327, requiring timely adoption of administrative rules, has passed. It amends Section 63-46a-4 requiring an agency to “initiate rulemaking proceedings no later than 180 days after the effective date of the statutory provision that requires the rulemaking.” If the agency is unable to file the rule by the deadline, it is required to “appear before the legislative Administrative Rules

Rep. David Clark’s “State Agency Timely Adoption of Administrative Rules” bill has been numbered as H.B. 327. The bill amends Section 63-46a-4 of the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. It requires an agency to file a rule mandated by legislation within 180 days of the legislation’s effective date. If the agency does not file the rule with the Division of Administrative

Rep. Ben C. Ferry, Republican from District 2, has been assigned as the House chair of the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee. Rep. Ferry has served in the House since 1999. He replaces Rep. David Ure. More information about Rep. Ferry is available online at http://le.utah.gov/house/members2005/bios2005.asp?id=2. The Division welcomes Rep. Ferry to the Administrative Rules Review Committee.