2007 Minnesota Statutes

14.16 ADOPTION OF RULE; CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; FILING OF
RULE.
    Subdivision 1. Review of modifications. If the report of the administrative law judge finds
no defects, the agency may proceed to adopt the rule. After receipt of the administrative law
judge's report, if the agency makes any modifications to the rule, it must return the rule, approved
as to form by the revisor, to the chief administrative law judge for a review of legality, including
the issue of whether the rule as modified is substantially different, as determined under section
14.05, subdivision 2, from the rule as originally proposed. If the chief administrative law judge
determines that the modified rule is substantially different from the rule that was originally
proposed, the chief administrative law judge shall advise the agency of actions that will correct
the defects. The agency may not adopt the modified rule until the chief administrative law judge
determines that the defects have been corrected or, if applicable, that the agency has satisfied the
rule requirements for the adoption of a substantially different rule.
The agency shall give notice to all persons who requested to be informed that the rule has
been adopted and filed with the secretary of state. This notice must be given on the same day
that the rule is filed.
    Subd. 2. Correction of defects. If the chief administrative law judge approves the
administrative law judge's finding of a defect and advises the agency of actions which will
correct the defect pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 14.15, the agency must either withdraw
the rule or make the modifications required. The agency shall then resubmit the rule to the chief
administrative law judge for a determination as to whether the defects have been corrected.
    Subd. 3. Filing. After the agency has adopted the rule, the agency shall promptly file three
copies of it in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state shall forward one copy
of each rule filed to the revisor of statutes and to the governor.
History: 1957 c 806 s 2; 1974 c 344 s 1-3; 1975 c 380 s 2; 1975 c 413 s 1; 1976 c 138 s 1;
1977 c 443 s 2; 1980 c 615 s 3-7,9-11,39-50; 1981 c 253 s 5-19; 1981 c 357 s 25; 1Sp1981 c 4 art
2 s 1; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 640 s 11,32; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 17; 1999 c 129 s 2; 2001 c 106 s 10