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H.B. 209

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 1, 2005 at 2:05 PM by chopkin. -->              1     

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES - IMPACT ON

             2     
SMALL BUSINESSES

             3     
2005 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill requires state agencies to provide information on the financial impact of their
             10      rules on businesses, including small businesses.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines "small businesses" under the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and
             14          .    requires state agencies, as part of filing a new administrative rule or an amendment
             15      to an existing administrative rule, to provide an assessment of the financial impact
             16      of the new rule or rule change on businesses and on small businesses.
             17      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          63-46a-2, as last amended by Chapter 197, Laws of Utah 2003
             24          63-46a-4, as last amended by Chapter 138, Laws of Utah 2001
             25     
             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 63-46a-2 is amended to read:



             28           63-46a-2. Definitions.
             29          As used in this chapter:
             30          (1) "Administrative record" means information an agency relies upon when making a
             31      rule under this chapter including:
             32          (a) the proposed rule, change in the proposed rule, and the rule analysis form;
             33          (b) the public comment received and recorded by the agency during the public
             34      comment period;
             35          (c) the agency's response to the public comment;
             36          (d) the agency's analysis of the public comment; and
             37          (e) the agency's report of its decision-making process.
             38          (2) "Agency" means each state board, authority, commission, institution, department,
             39      division, officer, or other state government entity other than the Legislature, its committees, the
             40      political subdivisions of the state, or the courts, which is authorized or required by law to make
             41      rules, adjudicate, grant or withhold licenses, grant or withhold relief from legal obligations, or
             42      perform other similar actions or duties delegated by law.
             43          (3) "Bulletin" means the Utah State Bulletin.
             44          (4) "Catchline" means a short summary of each section, part, rule, or title of the code
             45      that follows the section, part, rule, or title reference placed before the text of the rule and serves
             46      the same function as boldface in legislation as described in Section 68-3-13 .
             47          (5) "Code" means the body of all effective rules as compiled and organized by the
             48      division and entitled "Utah Administrative Code."
             49          (6) "Director" means the director of the Division of Administrative Rules.
             50          (7) "Division" means the Division of Administrative Rules.
             51          (8) "Effective" means operative and enforceable.
             52          (9) (a) "File" means to submit a document to the division as prescribed by the division.
             53          (b) "Filing date" means the day and time the document is recorded as received by the
             54      division.
             55          (10) "Interested person" means any person affected by or interested in a proposed rule,
             56      amendment to an existing rule, or a nonsubstantive change made under Section 63-46a-10 .
             57          (11) "Order" means an agency action that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges,
             58      immunities, or other interests of one or more specific persons, but not a class of persons.



             59          (12) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association,
             60      governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency.
             61          (13) "Publication" or "publish" means making a rule available to the public by
             62      including the rule or a summary of the rule in the bulletin.
             63          (14) "Publication date" means the inscribed date of the bulletin.
             64          (15) "Register" may include an electronic database.
             65          (16) (a) "Rule" means an agency's written statement that:
             66          (i) is explicitly or implicitly required by state or federal statute or other applicable law;
             67          (ii) implements or interprets a state or federal legal mandate; and
             68          (iii) applies to a class of persons or another agency.
             69          (b) "Rule" includes the amendment or repeal of an existing rule.
             70          (c) "Rule" does not mean:
             71          (i) orders;
             72          (ii) an agency's written statement that applies only to internal management and that
             73      does not restrict the legal rights of a public class of persons or another agency;
             74          (iii) the governor's executive orders or proclamations;
             75          (iv) opinions issued by the attorney general's office;
             76          (v) declaratory rulings issued by the agency according to Section 63-46b-21 except as
             77      required by Section 63-46a-3 ;
             78          (vi) rulings by an agency in adjudicative proceedings, except as required by Subsection
             79      63-46a-3 (6); or
             80          (vii) an agency written statement that is in violation of any state or federal law.
             81          (17) "Rule analysis" means the format prescribed by the division to summarize and
             82      analyze rules.
             83          (18) "Small business" means a business employing fewer than H. [ 100 ] 50 .H persons
             83a      H. [ or a
             84      business with less than $2,000,000 in annual gross receipts
] .H
.
             85          [(18)] (19) "Substantive change" means a change in a rule that affects the application
             86      or results of agency actions.
             87          Section 2. Section 63-46a-4 is amended to read:
             88           63-46a-4. Rulemaking procedure.
             89          (1) Except as provided in Sections 63-46a-6 and 63-46a-7 , when making, amending, or


             90      repealing a rule agencies shall comply with:
             91          (a) the requirements of this section;
             92          (b) consistent procedures required by other statutes;
             93          (c) applicable federal mandates; and
             94          (d) rules made by the division to implement this chapter.
             95          (2) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, each agency shall develop and use
             96      flexible approaches in drafting rules that meet the needs of the agency and that involve persons
             97      affected by the agency's rules.
             98          (3) (a) Each agency shall file its proposed rule and rule analysis with the division.
             99          (b) Rule amendments shall be marked with new language underlined and deleted
             100      language struck out.
             101          (c) (i) The division shall publish the information required under Subsection (3) on the
             102      rule analysis and the text of the proposed rule in the next issue of the bulletin.
             103          (ii) For rule amendments, only the section or subsection of the rule being amended
             104      need be printed.
             105          (iii) If the director determines that the rule is too long to publish, the director shall
             106      publish the rule analysis and shall publish the rule by reference to a copy on file with the
             107      division.
             108          (4) Prior to filing a rule with the division, the department head shall consider and
             109      comment on the fiscal impact a rule may have on businesses.
             110          (5) The rule analysis shall contain:
             111          (a) a summary of the rule or change;
             112          (b) the purpose of the rule or reason for the change;
             113          (c) the statutory authority or federal requirement for the rule;
             114          (d) the anticipated cost or savings to:
             115          (i) the state budget;
             116          (ii) local governments; [and]
             117          (iii) small businesses;
             118          (iv) business in general; and
             119          [(iii)] (v) other persons;
             120          (e) the compliance cost for affected persons;


             121          (f) how interested persons may review the full text of the rule;
             122          (g) how interested persons may present their views on the rule;
             123          (h) the time and place of any scheduled public hearing;
             124          (i) the name and telephone number of an agency employee who may be contacted
             125      about the rule;
             126          (j) the name of the agency head or designee who authorized the rule;
             127          (k) the date on which the rule may become effective following the public comment
             128      period; and
             129          (l) comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on
             130      businesses.
             131          (6) (a) For a rule being repealed and reenacted, the rule analysis shall contain a
             132      summary that generally includes the following:
             133          (i) a summary of substantive provisions in the repealed rule which are eliminated from
             134      the enacted rule; and
             135          (ii) a summary of new substantive provisions appearing only in the enacted rule.
             136          (b) The summary required under this Subsection (6) is to aid in review and may not be
             137      used to contest any rule on the ground of noncompliance with the procedural requirements of
             138      this chapter.
             139          (7) A copy of the rule analysis shall be mailed to all persons who have made timely
             140      request of the agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings and to any other person
             141      who, by statutory or federal mandate or in the judgment of the agency, should also receive
             142      notice.
             143          (8) Following the publication date, the agency shall allow at least 30 days for public
             144      comment on the rule.
             145          (9) (a) Except as provided in Sections 63-46a-6 and 63-46a-7 , a proposed rule becomes
             146      effective on any date specified by the agency that is no fewer than 30 nor more than 120 days
             147      after the publication date.
             148          (b) The agency shall provide notice of the rule's effective date to the division in the
             149      form required by the division.
             150          (c) The notice of effective date may not provide for an effective date prior to the date it
             151      is received by the division.


             152          (d) The division shall publish notice of the effective date of the rule in the next issue of
             153      the bulletin.
             154          (e) A proposed rule lapses if a notice of effective date or a change to a proposed rule is
             155      not filed with the division within 120 days of publication.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-14-05 11:36 AM


Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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