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The Division of Administrative Rules has scheduled two rulemaking training sessions for Wednesday, December 16, 2009.  Both sessions will be held in 4112 State Office Building, Salt Lake City.  The 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM session will provide a basic rulewriting process review for state rulewriters.  The 1:30 to 4 PM session will be a free-form question and answer session

Staff to the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee distributed an e-mail on Friday, November 6, 2009 that contained the following: In its November 24 meeting, the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee will discuss the use of “liberally construed” in both administrative rule and statute. The discussion will focus on the purpose served by the phrase, under what circumstances it may

Yes, it’s possible. Well, probably most things are possible, but this one really is possible. I know because I’ve seen it. Here’s the scenario. You’re using Internet Explorer (IE) as your web browser. You need to start a rule filing, so you visit the eRules web site, click on “Proposed Rule Types” and start entering data in your form like

Yes, a cryptic title. But it makes more sense once you realize that I’m talking about a set of fields in the “Rule Information” box of the proposed amendment form, the change in proposed rule form, and the nonsubstantive change form. The fields are right below the “Utah Admin. Code ref. (R no.)” fields. The “Changed to Admin. Code Ref.

For those of you who attended training on September 16, you’ll recall that we pointed you to a copy of the notes the presenter used for the training. We posted that copy to the Division of Administrative Rules’s website. There are three ways to get to those materials. Go to the Division’s home page; click on “Rule Filing Agency Resources

An intrepid rulewriter has discovered a bug in eRules: if a user begins a form and tries to save as draft *without* having selected an agency authorizer, *then* an error condition is created that prevents you from later opening that draft. The workaround is simple: always select an agency authorizer before saving your filing as draft. This bug is part

Nancy has put together a document called “Quick help for eRules version 2”. I have copied it below so that you can easily access it here. You may certainly also send an email message to Nancy and request a copy. Quick Help for eRules Version 2 Form: DAR tried to keep the forms as close as possible to the old

Many of you have noticed that there doesn’t seem to be a form for rule amendment any more. If you look closely at the left-hand menu in eRules you seen entries for “Proposed Rule Types” or “Change in Proposed Rule (CPR)” or “Nonsubstantive Change” or something else. But nothing seems to cry out “HI, USE ME TO FILE AN AMENDMENT!”

When we began reprogramming eRules, lots of people suggested the same new feature: a spell checker. I agree that this would have been a great addition. However, it wasn’t practical for two reasons: Programming the spell checker would have added enormous cost to the project; and Implementing a spell checker for eRules would have required a server-side solution (the spell

At the 07/14/2009 meeting of the Administrative Rules Review Committee, legislative staff presented a list of legislation that passed during the 2009 General Session that provides “additional rulemaking grants to state agencies.”  This list identifies 60 bills. Under the provisions of Subsection 63G-3-301(13), when a bill passes that explicitly mandates rulemaking, the affected agency is required to initiate rulemaking within