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JCAR adopts standing rules, hears Legislative Service Bureau overview of rulemaking powers
Summary
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules adopted its proposed standing rules and received a detailed briefing from Legislative Service Bureau counsel on JCAR’s limited post‑February authority, the rule‑making timeline, and options available to the committee for objecting to or delaying administrative rules.
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to adopt proposed standing rules and then heard an overview from Legislative Service Bureau counsel on how JCAR reviews state administrative rules and what powers remain after recent court decisions.
The committee, chaired by Doug Wozniak, approved the standing rules by roll call (8 yes, 0 no). Tim Reeves, counsel with the Legislative Service Bureau, told members that JCAR’s current authorities are limited and largely operate at the end of a lengthy rulemaking process administered through the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (MOHAAR).
Reeves summarized the stepwise process agencies must follow before rules reach JCAR: a request for rulemaking to MOHAAR, MOHAAR’s granting of that request, submission of draft rules and a regulatory impact statement to MOHAAR, a public hearing, and then submission of the final rules to JCAR. He said that “that process takes on an average 3 years.”
Reeves reviewed three discrete actions the statute currently permits JCAR to take once rules are before the committee. First, if the…
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