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Section 63-46a-9 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 will expire, become unenforceable, and will be removed from

If you are getting ready to file a rule, stop and look at the size of the file. If the rule text is more than 60 kilobytes or about four pages, please follow these simple instructions or call Administrative Rules (801-538-3218) before you attempt to attach the text to your filing. Thanks!

If you feel like you are responding to correction notices every time you file a rule, you may want to take a couple of hours for a rulemaking refresher. The Division of Administrative Rules has scheduled rulemaking training on Wednesday, November 14. Staff will focus the morning session (9 a.m. to noon) on completing rule forms. The afternoon session (1:30

The five-year review process required by the rulemaking act is intended as a way to ensure that only current rules appear in the administrative code. Each agency is required to review each of its rules at least once every five years. The agency has the option of reviewing rules on a more frequent basis. More frequent reviews make sense for

In general, Utah’s rulemaking statute does not require an agency to schedule a hearing when it files a proposed rule. However, Section 63-46a-5 provides that: (2) Each agency shall hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, amendment to a rule, or repeal of a rule if: (a) a public hearing is required by state or federal mandate; (b) (i)

The Division of Administrative Rules is pleased to announce the addition of file authentication to its website. In March 2007, the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) issued a 254-page report that analyzes the “trustworthiness” of state-level primary legal resources on the Web. “The comprehensive report examines the results of a state survey that investigated whether government-hosted legal resources on

H.B. 327 (2007) established a new rulemaking deadline. Now, an agency has 180 days from the effective date of legislation to file a rule that is explicitly mandated by the legislation. For legislation effective 04/30/2007, mandated rules must be filed by 10/27/2007. For legislation effective 07/01/2007, mandated rules must be filed by 12/28/2007. If the agency cannot meet the deadline,

Section 63-46a-9 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 will expire, become unenforceable, and will be removed from

Please send e-mails regarding rules to rules “at” utah.gov (or “Administrative Rules” in the GroupWise address book). Staff constantly monitors this mailbox. Sending rules-related e-mail to the Administrative Rules mailbox will prevent delays that may occur if a staff member is out of the office for an extended period. Thanks!

Question: Who checks the statutory citations in your rules? Answer: You (the agency rule filer) do. While staff at the Division of Administrative Rules checks that you have provided references to the statute, we do not verify that you have provided the correct citation.