REFERENCE TITLE: administrative rules; expiration; legislative extension

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020

SB 1211

Introduced by Senator Leach

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 41, chapter 6, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1039; relating to the administrative procedures act.

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 41, chapter 6, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1039, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1039.  Administrative rules; expiration; administrative code; legislative approval; definition

A.  Notwithstanding any other law, all rules that were adopted before the effective date of this section expire on July 1, 2022.  If an agency wishes to extend a rule that was adopted before the effective date of this section before the expiration of that rule, the agency shall comply with the procedures set forth in this chapter.

B.  Beginning July 1, 2023, the administrative code shall expire on July 1 of each year unless the code is approved by the legislature for a period not to exceed one year.

C.  For the purposes of this section, "rule" means a rule that is published in the administrative code.  END_STATUTE