CHAPTER 196
S.P. 337 - L.D. 1115
An Act to Make Technical Corrections in the Maine Administrative Procedure Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA �8052, sub-�5, �C is enacted to read:
C. If the adoption under this subsection is final adoption of a major substantive rule under subchapter II-A, the agency must include in its written statement citation of the legislative act authorizing final adoption of that rule; or, if authorization is the result of failure of the Legislature to act under section 8072, subsection 7, the agency must indicate that fact and identify the date the agency filed the rule for review under section 8072.
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA �8072, sub-��1 and 7, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 463, �2, are amended to read:
1. Preliminary adoption of major substantive rules. An agency proposing a major substantive rule other than an emergency rule, after filing the notice of proposed rulemaking required by section 8052, shall proceed with rule-making procedures to the point of, but not including, final adoption. At that point, known in this section as "provisional adoption," the agency shall file the provisionally adopted rule and related materials with the Secretary of State as provided in section 8056, subsection 1, paragraph B and submit the rule to the Legislature for review and authorization for final adoption as provided in this section. The rule has legal effect only after review by the Legislature followed by final adoption by the agency.
7. Consideration by the Legislature. No later than 30 days before statutory adjournment of the Legislature as provided in Title 3, section 2, each joint standing committee of the Legislature shall submit to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives the committee's report on agency rules the committee has reviewed as provided in this section. The report must include a copy of the rule or rules reviewed, the committee's recommendation concerning final adoption of the rule or rules, a statement of the reasons for a recommendation to withdraw or modify the rule or rules and draft legislation for introduction in that session that is necessary to implement the committee's recommendation. A committee may decline to include in its report recommendations covering any rules submitted to it later than 45 days before statutory adjournment. If an adjournment date earlier than required by statute is anticipated, the Legislative Council may establish an earlier deadline for agencies to submit provisionally adopted rules for review, except that any earlier date established by the council may not be more than 75 days before statutory adjournment. If, before adjournment of the session at which a rule is reviewed, the Legislature fails to act on all or part of any rule submitted to it for review in accordance with this section, an agency may proceed with final adoption and implementation of the rule or part of the rule that was not acted on.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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