REQUEST FOR RULE-MAKING S.B. 431:
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 431 (as discharged)
Sponsor: Senator Wayne Kuipers
Committee: Government Operations and Reform
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Administrative Procedures Act to do the following:
-- Require a State agency's request for rule-making to include a cost-benefit analysis regarding any new rules or changes to existing rules.
-- If there were a Federal statutory or regulatory standard that was substantially similar to a proposed rule, require the agency to cite it in the request for rule-making.
-- Require the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules to deny an agency's request for rule-making if it sought standards that were more stringent than a substantially similar Federal statutory or regulatory standard cited by the agency.
("Substantially similar" would mean identical, with the exception of style or format differences needed to conform to the Act or other State laws.)
MCL 24.239 Legislative Analyst: Julie Cassidy
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact based on the impact that would result from precluding approval of rule-making in certain instances.
Date Completed: 6-9-09 Fiscal Analyst: Bill Bowerman
floor\sb431 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb431/0910