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14.126 COMMITTEE AUTHORITY OVER RULE ADOPTION.
    Subdivision 1. Delay action. If the standing committee of the house of representatives and
the standing committee of the senate with jurisdiction over the subject matter of a proposed rule
both vote to advise an agency that a proposed rule should not be adopted as proposed, the agency
may not adopt the rule until the legislature adjourns the annual legislative session that began after
the vote of the committees. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the
senate shall determine if a standing committee has jurisdiction over a rule before a committee
may act under this section.
    Subd. 2. Vote. A committee vote under this section must be by a majority of the committee.
The vote may occur any time after the publication of the rulemaking notice under section 14.14,
subdivision 1a
, 14.22, 14.389, subdivision 2, or 14.3895, subdivision 3, and before notice of
adoption is published in the State Register under section 14.18, 14.27, 14.389, subdivision 3, or
14.3895, subdivision 3. A committee voting under this section shall notify the agency, the revisor
of statutes, and the chief administrative law judge of the vote as soon as possible. The committee
shall publish notice of the vote in the State Register as soon as possible.
History: 2001 c 179 s 5

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