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Rep. David Clark has opened a bill request for the 2007 General Session entitled “State Agency Timely Adoption of Administrative Rules.” Rep. Clark is concerned that some agencies take longer than necessary to promulgate administrative rules necessary to implement bills. The bill has not yet been drafted. In concept, Rep. Clark’s bill will give an agency 12 months to promulgate

The Division of Administrative Rules has scheduled rulemaking process seminars for the remainder of 2006 and for 2007. These seminars are intended for those involved in filing rules. Sessions for new rulewriters: Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 9 to noon, 4112 State Office Building; Thursday, March 15, 2007, 9 to noon, 4112 State Office Building; Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 9 to

On October 2, the Division of Administrative Rules unveiled a new design for its web site — Utah Administrative Rules Online. The redesign was part of a Department of Administrative Services initiative to improve web access to the department. Agencies will now find resources about the rulemaking process by following the link from the “Agency” button. The “Agency” page includes

At its meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, the Business and Labor Interim Committee approved as a committee bill “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses.” This bill is essentially the same as S.B. 157 (2006) except that the committee decided to change the definition of small business from “businesses employing fewer than 50 persons” to “businesses employing fewer than

As some of you have no doubt noticed, eRules doesn’t always behave the way we would like it to. Text can’t be attached, forms can’t be saved, fortunes can’t be told (no, wait, that’s eCrystalBall). In short, sometimes eRules just makes us want to scream. Here are some of the more common problems we have noticed, and some suggestions on

*This announcement was originally posted to Harvard’s e-rulemaking ListServ on 09/07/2006. With Dr. Shulman’s permission, it is reposted here.* Join members of the eRulemaking Research Group ( http://erulemaking.ucsur.pitt.edu/ ) to help test experimental human language tools designed to assist regulation writers who must review and address public comments. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the eRulemaking Research group has

When filing text for a five-year review, the text may not reflect amendments that are not yet effective. It must match the text on file with the division. Five-year review text that includes underlining or strikeout will be returned for correction. The Division of Administrative Rules will change the “Notice of Continuation” date when the five-year review is codified. The

The Division recently sponsored rulewriting training sessions among most state agencies. Since that training, we have returned several rule filings as incomplete and received the response, “but that is how we were told to do it!” Our most humble apologies. When you file a rule affecting just one section, you must include the following for the rule to be correctly

The Division of Administrative Rules receives a considerable number of calls from individuals with questions about specific rules. Staff at the division ends up looking up phone numbers and transferring calls. In order to better serve the public, the Division plans to provide on its web site a general phone number for each rulewriting department or agency. In its initial

The National Archives will offer a public workshop on the use of the Federal Register on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The workshop, entitled “The Federal Register: What It Is And How To Use It,” will be held from 8:30 A.M. to approximately noon in the Auditorium of the Utah State Library located at 250 North