<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 203<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to regulatory reform; providing that certain rules take effect only <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>upon legislative approval; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.19; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.127.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>April 26, 2012<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>The Honorable Kurt Zellers<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 203 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>That the Senate recede from its amendment and that H. F. No. 203 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.127, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var><b>14.127 LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Cost thresholds.</b> An agency must determine if the cost of complying <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>with a proposed rule in the first any year after the rule takes effect will exceed $25,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>$10,000 for: (1) any one business that has less fewer than 50 25 full-time employees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>or (2) any one county, town, or statutory or home rule charter city that if the county, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>town, or city has less fewer than ten 25 full-time employees. For purposes of this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>"business" means a business entity organized for profit or as a nonprofit, and includes an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Agency determination.</b> An agency must make the determination required <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>by subdivision 1 before the close of the hearing record, or before the agency submits the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>record to the administrative law judge if there is no hearing. The administrative law judge <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>must review and approve or disapprove the agency determination under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Legislative approval required.</b> If the agency determines that the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>exceeds the threshold in subdivision 1, or if the administrative law judge disapproves <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>the agency's determination that the cost does not exceed the threshold in subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>any business that has less than 50 full-time employees or any statutory or home rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>charter city that has less than ten full-time employees may file a written statement with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>agency claiming a temporary exemption from the rules. Upon filing of such a statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>with the agency, the rules do not apply to that business or that city take effect until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>rules are approved by a law enacted after the agency determination or administrative law <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>judge disapproval.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the administrative law <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>judge approves an agency's determination that the legislature has appropriated money to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>sufficiently fund the expected cost of the rule upon the business or city proposed to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>regulated by the rule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(b) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the administrative law judge approves an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>agency's determination that the rule has been proposed pursuant to a specific federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>statutory or regulatory mandate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(c) This section does not apply if the rule is adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>14.388</statute_ref> or under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>another law specifying that the rulemaking procedures of this chapter do not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(d) This section does not apply to a rule adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(e) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the governor waives application of subdivision 3. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>The governor may issue a waiver at any time, either before or after the rule would take <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>effect, but for the requirement of legislative approval. As soon as possible after issuing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>waiver under this paragraph, the governor must send notice of the waiver to the speaker of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>the house and the president of the senate and must publish notice of this determination <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>in the State Register. A waiver under this paragraph must be maintained as part of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>rulemaking record under section 14.365. A waiver issued by the governor under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>paragraph is effective until the next adjournment of an annual regular legislative session <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>after the governor issues the waiver.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Severability.</b> If an administrative law judge determines that part of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>proposed rule exceeds the threshold specified in subdivision 1, but that a severable portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>of a proposed rule does not exceed the threshold in subdivision 1, the administrative law <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>judge may provide that the severable portion of the rule that does not exceed the threshold <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>may take effect without legislative approval.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>and applies to any rule for which the hearing record has not closed before that date or, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>if there is not a public hearing, for which the agency has not submitted the record to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>administrative law judge before that date."<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>relating to regulatory reform; modifying legislative approval of certain rules;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 14.127."<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Torrey Westrom<br />
                  		
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               <td>Steve Drazkowski<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Larry Hosch<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>David H. Senjem<br />
                  		
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               <td>Paul Gazelka<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>LeRoy A. Stumpf<br />
                  		
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