Legislation for the 2005 general session is beginning to appear. As of December 10, 2004, the Division is aware of two bills affecting administrative rules generally. Rep. Ure will sponsor the “Administrative Rules Reauthorization” bill for the Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC). As of its November 30, 2004, meeting, the ARRC has not identified any rules it intends not to reauthorize.
Sen. Stephenson will sponsor a clean-up bill called “Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act Revision”. This bill amends sections in the Community and Economic Development title that address rulemaking by replacing the word “revoked” with “repealed”. It also makes a change to the UARA to clarify that when an agency is authorized to make rules, the agency may also amend and repeal rules.