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The Administrative Rules Review Committee met on 01/18/2011.  As one of the agenda items, committee members voted to approve the annual Administrative Rules Reauthorization bill.  This year, the language of the bill reauthorizes all administrative rules. The Administrative Rules Reauthorization bill is required by Section 63G-3-502.  Statute provides that “every agency rule that is in effect on February 28 of

The Division of Administrative Rules has prepared a list of administrative rules due for review in 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 Review and Statement of

Senator Benjamin M. McAdams (D, District 2) has been appointed to serve on the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC).   McAdams takes the seat vacated by Sen. Brent Goodfellow. McAdams has served in the Legislature since December 2009.  In addition to serving on the ARRC, he also serves on the following committees:  Executive Appropriations Committee; Executive Offices and Criminal Justice

The Utah Administrative Code, the body of all effective rules as compiled and organized by the Division, is current through 01/01/2011.  The Division posted this update on its website on 01/10/2011. The Division’s goal is to codify and post rule filings made effective through the first of the month by the tenth of the month.

The Division of Administrative Rules gratefully acknowledges the service of two members of the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee.  Rep. Jim Gowans (D, district 21) has served on the committee since 1997.  He was first elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1993. Sen. Brent Goodfellow (D, district 12) served on the committee briefly in 2005, and then was

The Utah Administrative Code, the body of all effective rules as compiled and organized by the Division, is current through 12/01/2010. The Division posted this update on its website on 12/09/2010. The Division’s goal is to codify and post rule filings made effective through the first of the month by the tenth of the month.

The Utah State Law Library reports that the Laws of Utah have been scanned and are now available online (http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/databases/utahlaws.html) through the Utah State Library’s Pioneer service (http://pioneer.utah.gov/).  The session laws, from 1851 through 2009, are available thanks to the efforts of the Utah State Library in cooperation with W.S. Hein & Co.  Read more at http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2010/12/utah_session_laws_now_availabl.html.

The next time you file a rule, look at the names listed under the “Contact Person(s)” and “Agency head or designee” scroll boxes.  If the names listed for your agency are not current or complete, please send an e-mail to “Administrative Rules” or rules “at” utah.gov and notify us of changes.   We use the contact information in eRules to

The Department of Technology Services programmed eRules, the application agencies use to file rules with the Division, to a standard set of specifications. These specifications include operability with Internet Explorer 7 and higher, and Firefox 3 and higher. eRules was not programmed to work with, nor has it been tested with other web browsers. The Division is aware of problems

The Division has issued ERules for Agencies, an agency user manual for eRules.  It is available from the eRules help page.   It is available in HTML, PDF, and epub (for your ebook reader) editions.