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Committee expands tools to void "unnecessary" rules; Administrative Rules Committee bill passes
Summary
House Bill 1368, which would add 'absence of necessity' and 'absence of reasonableness' as grounds to void administrative rules and change the test language, passed the Political Subdivisions Committee after sponsor and members argued it clarifies the committee's oversight authority.
Representative Ben Koppelman presented House Bill 1368 to the House Political Subdivisions Committee as a measure to provide clearer standards the Administrative Rules Committee can use to void rules that exceed legislative intent or are "overly burdensome."
Koppelman said the bill would add "absence of necessity" and "absence of reasonableness" to the statutory grounds a committee may cite when voiding a rule and would change an "and" to an "or" in the list of defects the committee may rely on. He told colleagues the…
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