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H.B. 64

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IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ON

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SMALL BUSINESSES

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Stephen D. Clark

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Senate Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act by requiring that the agency
             11      analysis for a proposed rule include the financial impact on business, including small
             12      businesses.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    defines "small businesses" under the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and
             16          .    requires that state agencies, as part of filing a proposed administrative rule or an
             17      amendment to an existing administrative rule, provide an assessment of anticipated
             18      costs or savings regarding businesses in general and also small businesses.
             19      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          None
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      AMENDS:
             25          63-46a-2, as last amended by Chapter 197, Laws of Utah 2003
             26          63-46a-4, as last amended by Chapter 141, Laws of Utah 2006
             27     


             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 63-46a-2 is amended to read:
             30           63-46a-2. Definitions.
             31          As used in this chapter:
             32          (1) "Administrative record" means information an agency relies upon when making a
             33      rule under this chapter including:
             34          (a) the proposed rule, change in the proposed rule, and the rule analysis form;
             35          (b) the public comment received and recorded by the agency during the public
             36      comment period;
             37          (c) the agency's response to the public comment;
             38          (d) the agency's analysis of the public comment; and
             39          (e) the agency's report of its decision-making process.
             40          (2) "Agency" means each state board, authority, commission, institution, department,
             41      division, officer, or other state government entity other than the Legislature, its committees, the
             42      political subdivisions of the state, or the courts, which is authorized or required by law to make
             43      rules, adjudicate, grant or withhold licenses, grant or withhold relief from legal obligations, or
             44      perform other similar actions or duties delegated by law.
             45          (3) "Bulletin" means the Utah State Bulletin.
             46          (4) "Catchline" means a short summary of each section, part, rule, or title of the code
             47      that follows the section, part, rule, or title reference placed before the text of the rule and serves
             48      the same function as boldface in legislation as described in Section 68-3-13 .
             49          (5) "Code" means the body of all effective rules as compiled and organized by the
             50      division and entitled "Utah Administrative Code."
             51          (6) "Director" means the director of the Division of Administrative Rules.
             52          (7) "Division" means the Division of Administrative Rules.
             53          (8) "Effective" means operative and enforceable.
             54          (9) (a) "File" means to submit a document to the division as prescribed by the division.
             55          (b) "Filing date" means the day and time the document is recorded as received by the
             56      division.
             57          (10) "Interested person" means any person affected by or interested in a proposed rule,
             58      amendment to an existing rule, or a nonsubstantive change made under Section 63-46a-10 .


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


             90          (1) An agency authorized to make rules is also authorized to amend or repeal those
             91      rules.
             92          (2) Except as provided in Sections 63-46a-6 and 63-46a-7 , when making, amending, or
             93      repealing a rule agencies shall comply with:
             94          (a) the requirements of this section;
             95          (b) consistent procedures required by other statutes;
             96          (c) applicable federal mandates; and
             97          (d) rules made by the division to implement this chapter.
             98          (3) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, each agency shall develop and use
             99      flexible approaches in drafting rules that meet the needs of the agency and that involve persons
             100      affected by the agency's rules.
             101          (4) (a) Each agency shall file its proposed rule and rule analysis with the division.
             102          (b) Rule amendments shall be marked with new language underlined and deleted
             103      language struck out.
             104          (c) (i) The division shall publish the information required under this Subsection (4) on
             105      the rule analysis and the text of the proposed rule in the next issue of the bulletin.
             106          (ii) For rule amendments, only the section or subsection of the rule being amended
             107      need be printed.
             108          (iii) If the director determines that the rule is too long to publish, the director shall
             109      publish the rule analysis and shall publish the rule by reference to a copy on file with the
             110      division.
             111          (5) Prior to filing a rule with the division, the department head shall consider and
             112      comment on the fiscal impact a rule may have on businesses.
             113          (6) The rule analysis shall contain:
             114          (a) a summary of the rule or change;
             115          (b) the purpose of the rule or reason for the change;
             116          (c) the statutory authority or federal requirement for the rule;
             117          (d) the anticipated cost or savings to:
             118          (i) the state budget;
             119          (ii) local governments; [and]
             120          (iii) small businesses;


             121          (iv) businesses in general; and
             122          [(iii)] (v) other persons;
             123          (e) the compliance cost for affected persons;
             124          (f) how interested persons may review the full text of the rule;
             125          (g) how interested persons may present their views on the rule;
             126          (h) the time and place of any scheduled public hearing;
             127          (i) the name and telephone number of an agency employee who may be contacted
             128      about the rule;
             129          (j) the name of the agency head or designee who authorized the rule;
             130          (k) the date on which the rule may become effective following the public comment
             131      period; and
             132          (l) comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on
             133      businesses.
             134          (7) (a) For a rule being repealed and reenacted, the rule analysis shall contain a
             135      summary that generally includes the following:
             136          (i) a summary of substantive provisions in the repealed rule which are eliminated from
             137      the enacted rule; and
             138          (ii) a summary of new substantive provisions appearing only in the enacted rule.
             139          (b) The summary required under this Subsection (7) is to aid in review and may not be
             140      used to contest any rule on the ground of noncompliance with the procedural requirements of
             141      this chapter.
             142          (8) A copy of the rule analysis shall be mailed to all persons who have made timely
             143      request of the agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings and to any other person
             144      who, by statutory or federal mandate or in the judgment of the agency, should also receive
             145      notice.
             146          (9) (a) Following the publication date, the agency shall allow at least 30 days for public
             147      comment on the rule.
             148          (b) The agency shall review and evaluate all public comments submitted in writing
             149      within the time period under Subsection (9)(a) or presented at public hearings conducted by the
             150      agency within the time period under Subsection (9)(a).
             151          (10) (a) Except as provided in Sections 63-46a-6 and 63-46a-7 , a proposed rule


             152      becomes effective on any date specified by the agency that is no fewer than seven calendar days
             153      after the close of the public comment period under Subsection (9), nor more than 120 days after
             154      the publication date.
             155          (b) The agency shall provide notice of the rule's effective date to the division in the
             156      form required by the division.
             157          (c) The notice of effective date may not provide for an effective date prior to the date it
             158      is received by the division.
             159          (d) The division shall publish notice of the effective date of the rule in the next issue of
             160      the bulletin.
             161          (e) A proposed rule lapses if a notice of effective date or a change to a proposed rule is
             162      not filed with the division within 120 days of publication.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-16-06 8:54 AM


Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


Interim Committee Note
    as of 12-15-06 10:19 AM


The Business and Labor Interim Committee recommended this bill.


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