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Title
02
:
Legislature
Chapter
009
:
UNIFORM LEGISLATION
§
205. Standing committees; administrative rulemaking delegation
(a) Whenever a
standing committee introduces or amends proposed legislation which delegates
rulemaking authority to a state agency, the committee shall express in the
legislation and, to the greatest extent possible, the intent of the legislation
and the scope of the rulemaking authority being delegated. For all such
proposed legislation, the committee shall make a determination, and express
such determination in the legislation, as to whether such rulemaking delegation
contemplates the adoption of routine technical rules or major substantive
rules.
(b) For the
purposes of this section:
(1) "Major
substantive rules" means rules that require the exercise of significant
agency discretion or interpretation in drafting, or, because of their subject
matter or anticipated impact, are reasonably expected to result in a
significant increase in the cost of doing business, a significant reduction in
property values, the loss or significant reduction of government benefits or
services, the imposition of state mandates on units of local governments, or
other serious burdens on the public or units of local government.
(2)
"Routine technical rules" means procedural rules that establish
standards of practice or procedure for the conduct of business with or before
an agency, and any other rules that are not major substantive rules. Routine
technical rules include forms prescribed by an agency, but do not include fees
established by an agency, except fees established or amended by agency rule
that are below a cap or within a range established by statute. (Added 2001, No.
149 (Adj. Sess.), § 54.)