1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to administrative procedure; changing certain 1.3 requirements for notifying the legislature of proposed 1.4 rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 1.5 14.116. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 14.116, is 1.8 amended to read: 1.9 14.116 [NOTICE TO LEGISLATURE.] 1.10 When an agency mails notice of intent to adopt rules under 1.11 section 14.14 or 14.22, the agency mustmake reasonable efforts1.12tosend a copy of the same notice and a copy of the statement of 1.13 need and reasonableness tothe following:1.14(1) all people who are still legislators and who were main1.15authors, or supporting authors, of the law granting the agency1.16the statutory authority the agency relies upon as authority to1.17adopt the proposed rule; and1.18(2)the chairs of the legislative policy and budget 1.19 committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the 1.20 proposed rules. In addition, if the mailing of the notice is 1.21 within two years of the effective date of the law the agency 1.22 relies on as statutory authority to adopt the proposed rules, 1.23 the agency must make a reasonable effort to send copies of the 1.24 notice and the statement to all persons who are still 1.25 legislators and who were chief authors of that law or any 2.1 companion bills to the bill that was enacted.