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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to regulatory reform; providing that certain rules take effect only <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>upon legislative approval; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.19; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.127.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[14.1271] LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Cost thresholds.</b> An agency must determine if the annual cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>of complying with a proposed rule will exceed $10,000 for any person or entity in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>year after the rule takes effect.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Agency determination.</b> An agency must make the determination required <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>by subdivision 1 before the close of the hearing record, or before the agency submits the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>record to the administrative law judge if there is no hearing. The administrative law judge <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>must review and approve or disapprove the agency determination under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Legislative approval required. </b> If the agency determines that the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>exceeds the threshold in subdivision 1, or if the administrative law judge disapproves the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>agency's determination that the cost does not exceed the threshold in subdivision 1, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>rules may not take effect until the rules are approved by a law enacted after the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the administrative law <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>judge approves an agency's determination that the legislature has appropriated money to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>sufficiently fund the expected cost of the rule upon the people or entities proposed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>be regulated by the rule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(b) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the administrative law judge approves an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>agency's determination that the rule has been proposed pursuant to a specific federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>statutory or regulatory mandate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(c) This section does not apply if the rule is adopted under section 14.388 or under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>another law specifying that the rulemaking procedures of this chapter do not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(d) This section does not apply to a rule adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Severability.</b> If an administrative law judge determines that part of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>proposed rule exceeds the threshold specified in subdivision 1, but that a severable portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>of a proposed rule does not exceed the threshold in subdivision 1, the administrative law <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>judge may provide that the severable portion of the rule that does not exceed the threshold <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>may take effect without legislative approval.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><b>14.19 DEADLINE TO COMPLETE RULEMAKING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Within 180 days after issuance of the administrative law judge's report or that of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>chief administrative law judge, the agency shall submit its notice of adoption, amendment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>or repeal to the State Register for publication. If the agency has not submitted its notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>the State Register within 180 days, the rule is automatically withdrawn. The agency may <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>not adopt the withdrawn rules without again following the procedures of sections 
         <statute_ref>14.05</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>to 
         <statute_ref>14.28</statute_ref>, with the exception of section 
         <statute_ref>14.101</statute_ref>, if the noncompliance is approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>chief administrative law judge. The agency shall report to the Legislative Coordinating <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>Commission, other appropriate committees of the legislature, and the governor its failure <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>to adopt rules and the reasons for that failure. The 180-day time limit of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>does not include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(1) any days used for review by the chief administrative law judge or the commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>if the review is required by law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>(2) days during which the rule cannot be adopted, because of votes by legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>committees under section 
         <statute_ref>14.126</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>(3) days during which the rule cannot be adopted because approval of the legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>is required under section 
         <statute_ref>14.127</statute_ref> 14.1271.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.127, is repealed.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment, and apply to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>rule for which the hearing record has not closed before that date, or if there is not a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>public hearing, for which the agency has not submitted the record to the administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>law judge before that date.<br />
         		
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