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.

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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