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November 5, 2008

Rulemaking Training Rescheduled to November 20, 2008

The rulemaking process training originally scheduled for Thursday, November 13, has been rescheduled.  It will now be held on Thursday, November 20, 2008, in 1112 State Office Building, from 9 AM to noon. Reservations can be made by e-mailing your request to Sophia Manousakis at smanousa “at” utah.gov or calling 801-538-3764.
October 28, 2008

Rules Due for Review Before the End of 2008

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. 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
October 27, 2008

Rules Containing References to Recodified Statutes

The Legislature passed two bills during the 2008 General Session that recodified (renumbered) statutes.  H.B. 63 (2008) recodified almost all of Title 63. The affected chapters were reassigned to new titles ranging from 63G to 63M.  H.B. 63 went into effect on May 5, 2008.  H.B. 78 (2008) recodified Title 78 and several other chapters.  These chapters were reassigned to
October 22, 2008

HeinOnline Training for State Agencies

The Utah State Law Library is pleased to announce a class for state executive branch employees on searching HeinOnline, a full-text database with content dating back to the first volumes of law reviews and the Code of Federal Regulations.  HeinOnline is available to state agencies because of a contract negotiated by the State Law Library. UPDATE: The training will be:
October 16, 2008

Deadlines for Explicitly Mandated Rules

This year, the deadline for agencies to initiate rulemaking explicitly mandated by a bill that went into effect on May 5, 2008, is November 1, 2008.  The deadline for agencies to initiate rulemaking explicitly mandated by a bill that went into effect on July 1, 2008, is December 28, 2008. (Utah Code Subsection 63G-3-301(13); Utah Administrative Code Section R15-3-5) Subsection
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September 2, 2008

Rules’ New Web Site

On September 2, the Division of Administrative Rules rolled out a newly designed web site.  This new look is part of a department-wide effort.  Thanks go to the Department of Administrative Services’ Communications Quality Team and folks at the Department of Technology Services for the new look. Please visit http://www.rules.utah.gov/ and use the “Contact Us” link to provide us with
August 4, 2008

Administrative Rules’ New Office Hours

As part of Governor Huntsman’s Working 4 Utah initiative, the Division of Administrative Rules operates on a  four-day work week.  The office is open for business from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Thursday.  The office is closed on Friday. If you have any questions regarding the Division’s business hours, please contact:  Ken Hansen, Director, Division of Administrative Rules,
June 2, 2008

Corrected Correlation Table for Title 63 Renumbering

On May 29, 2008, Legislative Research and General Counsel notified the Division of Administrative Rules of corrections to 13 citations that had been included in the original Title 63 Recodification Correlation Table. The following sections were affected: 63-2-909 was changed to 63G-2-310 63-38f-701 was changed to 63M-1-702 63-38f-702 was changed to 63M-1-701 63-54-103 was changed to 63I-3-201 63-54-104 was changed
April 9, 2008

Rules Due for Review in 2008

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
April 9, 2008

Legislation from the 2008 General Session Affecting Administrative Rulemaking

During the 2008 General Session, the Legislature passed the following bills that add requirements to the process or will require rulemaking. H.B. 53. Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses. Rep. S. Clark. This bill is in response to another request from the U.S. Small Business Administration. This bill goes beyond H.B. 64 (2007), which required agencies to include in