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SB 337 Joint Commission on Administrative Rules.

Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Joint Commission on Administrative Rules. Establishes the Joint Commission on Adminstrative Rules to review existing agency rules or regulations and agency rules or regulations during the promulgation or final adoption process. The Commission consist of five members of the Senate and seven members of the House of Delegates and has the power and duty to (i) review proposed rules and regulations of any agency during the promulgation or final adoption process and determine whether or not the rule or regulation is authorized by statute and complies with legislative intent; (ii) review the impact of the rule or regulation on the economy, protection of the Commonwealth’s natural resources pursuant to Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, government operations of the State and localities, and affected persons; (iii) file with the Registrar and the agency promulgating the regulation an objection to a proposed or final adopted regulation; (iv) suspend the effective date of any portion or all of a final regulation with the concurrence of the Governor until the end of the next legislative session; (v) make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly for action based on its review of any proposed rule or regulation; and (vi) review any existing agency rule, regulation, practice or the failure of an agency to adopt a rule and recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly that a rule be modified, repealed or adopted.


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