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H.B. 316, “Administrative Rules Procedure Amendments,” provided no implementation guidance. After discussing the issue with counsel, the Division of Administrative Rules has decided to file an emergency rule to clarify how the bill will affect proposed rules filed for publication, and to bring Rule R15-4 into compliance with the bill’s provisions. In summary, the emergency rule (File No. 28586), effective

As of January 20, 2006, the following bills affecting administrative rules have been numbered or approved for filing. S.B. 26. “Administrative Rules Reauthorization” (Sen. H. Stephenson) The Reauthorization bill is the Administrative Rules Review Committee’s annual bill required by Section 63-46a-11.5. S.B. 26, as introduced, proposes to reauthorize all rules. The Division will continue to monitor the bill and notify

Section 63-46a-9 requires each agency to review its rules within five years of each rule’s original enactment or last five-year review, 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, the rules will expire. Reviews may be

Please follow these recommendations when filing rules: Always obtain an RTF version of the rule text from the Division before you start to prepare an amendment or a repeal. This is available from the Division’s web site or by contacting the division and requesting a copy. Always mark changes to the text: added text must be underlined; deleted text must

The Division has made minor modifications to the format of administrative rules. These changes affect the annotations — indexing terms, date of last substantive amendment and continuation, and indexing citation — appearing at the end of each rule. These items have been set flush left. Explanatory text precedes date of last substantive amendment and the indexing citations. The keywords (key

The Division of Administrative Rules invites you to schedule a training seminar with us anytime between now and May 31, 2006. Chris Fawcett is going on the road to meet with agencies to provide training to those new to the rules process, answer questions for anyone already working with rules, and address common mistakes made by agencies. This can be

The Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC) has scheduled its next meeting for Friday, January 13 at 9:00 a.m. in room W135 of the House Office Building (Capitol Hill). The agenda for the meeting indicates that the ARRC will discuss three bills. These include: Administrative Rules Reauthorization, Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses, and Administrative Rules Procedure Amendments. Copies

The Division is pleased to announce the 12th edition of the Rulewriting Manual for Utah. This edition marks several significant changes for the manual. First, the Division elected to make this edition an electronic edition, readily available to those who need access to it, and flexible enough to allow clarification and updates without waiting for a reprint. Soon, a PDF

A change to a statute doesn’t automatically result in a change to an administrative rule. Each agency is responsible for its own rules. If the Legislature passes a bill that renumbers sections of the Utah Code authorizing an agency’s rules, the agency must correct those citations in the rules. Likewise, if the Legislature passes a bill changing the name of

The editors at the Division of Administrative Rules offer the following recommendations to agencies when they file rules. Always obtain an “rtf” version of the rule text from the Division before you start to prepare an amendment or a repeal. All changes to the text must be marked: added text must be underlined; deleted text must be surrounded by brackets