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Sen. Gene Davis has been appointed to the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee. He fills the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Ed Mayne. Sen. Davis served in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999. He has served in the Senate since 1999, representing district 3. The Division welcomes Sen. Davis to Administrative Rules Review.

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

For three years, the Division of Administrative Rules has been monitoring the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws process for revising the Model State Administrative Procedures Act. That process is scheduled to be complete by Summer 2009. The following notice is provided by Commissioner Francis J. Pavetti, Chair of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

The Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act requires that, when an agency incorporates materials into its rules, the agency must provide a copy of those materials to the Division. Formerly, the Division made an exception to this by purchasing its own subscription to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). After contacting department rules coordinators, asking for feedback, and receiving no concerns or

About six months ago, the Division of Administrative Rules first learned of plans to recodify Title 63 — the Title of the Utah Code that contains the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the Utah Administrative Procedures Act, and the Government Records Access and Management Act, to name a few. The recodification bill has finally been numbered as H.B. 63. H.B. 63

On November 27, Rep. S. Clark presented his “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses” bill to the Administrative Rules Review Committee. The result of that discussion was to ask the Division of Administrative Rules to contact state agencies and get feedback on the draft bill, and then to work through any issues identified by state agencies with a representative

State Senator Ed Mayne passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2007. Among his many contributions, Sen. Mayne served as a member of the Administrative Rules Review Committee since 1999. Sen. Mayne will be missed for his voice of reason, his passion, and his ability to engage is often heated, but always civil, discussions about the issues. He always demonstrated respect

Rep. S. Clark is sponsoring another bill for the Small Business Administration. Last year, Clark sponsored H.B. 64. That bill required agencies to report small business impacts separately from other affected groups. (Prior to H.B. 64, small business impacts were reported as part of the impacts to “other persons”.) The new bill requires agencies to do an extensive analysis when

Jessica Van Buren, State Law Librarian, indicates that the state’s HeinOnline subscription now includes the U.S. Congressional Documents library. This provides state agencies with access to the: Congressional Record (1873-1889 and 1992-2003, with more added each month), Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe, American State Papers, Journals of the Continental Congress, and Territorial Papers of the United States.

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