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March 5, 2009
H.B. 32 Passed; Amends Subsection 63G-3-201(5)
H.B. 32 — amending provisions of statute in the Commerce, Health, Insurance, and Natural Resources titles of the code that provided a criminal penalty for violating rules — has passed. Prior to passage, H.B. 32 was amended to include changes to Subsection 63G-3-201(5) of the Rulemaking Act. Subsection (5) formerly required that, “[a] rule shall enumerate any penalty authorized by
February 3, 2009
H.B. 32, Amendments to Agency Rulemaking Regarding Criminal Penalties
Rep. Ben Ferry is sponsoring H.B. 32, Amendments to Agency Rulemaking Regarding Criminal Penalties. After almost four years and four other bills (H.B. 317 (2006), S.B. 138 (2007), H.B. 57 and H.B. 80 (2008)), H.B. 32 concludes the Administrative Rules Review Committee’s effort to amend provisions in statute that apply a criminal penalty for violation of a rule. H.B. 32