On 02/11/2010, the Senate Rules Committee substituted S.B. 31, Administrative Rules Reauthorization. The substitute bill adds an effective date section to the bill. Section 2 provides, “If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect May 1, 2010.” This language is necessary because Section 63G-3-502 provides that “every agency rule that is in effect on February 28 of any calendar year expires on May 1 of that year unless it has been reauthorized by the Legislature.”
More information about 1st Substitute S.B. 31 is available from the Legislature’s web site at http://le.utah.gov/~2010/htmdoc/sbillhtm/SB0031S01.htm.