1032-S2 AMH  ELGE 12

2SHB 1032 - H AMD 013 ADOPTED 2-7-97

By Representative Bush

     On page 15, after line 34, insert the following:

     "(5) No rule, adopted by an agency after the effective date of this section, is effective for more than seven years after the rule is adopted, unless the rule has been reviewed under the procedure in this subsection.  An agency shall review a rule to evaluate:

     (a) Achievement of the goals and objectives of the rule;

     (b) Technological changes that impact the implementation of or compliance with the rule;

     (c) Controversy surrounding the implementation or enforcement of the rule, stating the nature of the controversy;

     (d) The outcome of any court challenges to the validity of the rule or its authority to draft the rule;

     (e) Actual costs or changes undergone by the regulated community; and

     (f) Laws or other rules passed since the rule was adopted that are in conflict, impact its implementation, or render the rule obsolete.

     The agency shall place in a rules review file documentation sufficient to show that the agency conducted the review under this section."

Renumber the remaining subsection consecutively.

EFFECT:  Creates process for review of new rules.  An agency must review a new rule to evaluate achievement of the goals and objectives of the rule, controversy surrounding its implementation or enforcement, and actual costs. The agency must undertake the review or the rule is no longer effective after seven years.