SB 5803-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Finds that some forms of rule making result in imposing significant new requirements on citizens of the state.  In order for the legislature to properly carry out its responsibility for establishing new laws, this act revises rule-making requirements to assure that the legislature can carefully review rules that impose significant requirements on citizens before the rules take effect.

     Declares that the adoption of significant legislative rules described in this act by the department of labor and industries or by the department of ecology must be made before December 1st of any year, and the rules may not take effect before the end of the regular legislative session in the next year.