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At the January 16, 2009, Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, Sen. Howard Stephenson presented a draft bill entitled, “Administrative Rules Review Committee.”  This bill amends Section 63G-3-501, inserting:

(8)(a) Independent of its power to review administrative rules, the committee may review any appropriation made by the Legislature, whether in an appropriations bill or otherwise, to ensure that the entity to which the funds were appropriated complies with any expressed legislative intent concerning the appropriation.

(b) If the committee finds that an entity has not complied with any expressed legislative intent concerning an appropriation, the committee shall report the finding to the Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee.

(c) Before November 30, 2010, the committee shall:

(i) study whether the review power granted under Subsection (8)(a) and (b) should continue;

(ii) and report its findings to the Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee.

This bill has not yet been numbered.

At its January 7, 2009, meeting, the Administrative Rules Review Committee approved its annual omnibus legislation to reauthorize administrative rules.  The bill is required by Subsection 63G-3-502(3).

Based on information presented at the Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting on January 16, the bill will reauthorize all administrative rules EXCEPT:

• Board of Regents’ Rule R765-603 entitled “Regents’ Scholarship”; and
• Board of Education Rule R277-470 entitled “Charter School Parental Involvement,” Subsections R277-470-12(B) and (C).

The bill has not yet been numbered, nor has the final text of the bill been released.  Rep. Ben Ferry will sponsor the bill.