AB251-AA7,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
AB251-AA7,1,2 21. Page 34, line 18: after that line insert:
AB251-AA7,1,3 3" Section 69g. 227.26 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB251-AA7,1,74 227.26 (4) Repeal of unauthorized rules. (a) In this subsection,
5"unauthorized rule" means a rule that an agency lacks the authority to promulgate
6due to the repeal or amendment of the law that previously authorized its
7promulgation.
AB251-AA7,1,118 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 227.114 to 227.117 and 227.135 to 227.19, an agency
9that promulgated or that otherwise administers a rule that the agency determines
10is an unauthorized rule may petition the joint committee for review of administrative
11rules for authorization to repeal that rule by using the following process:
AB251-AA7,2,512 1. The agency shall submit a petition with a proposed rule that repeals the rule
13the agency has determined is an unauthorized rule to the legislative council staff for

1review. The proposed rule shall be in the form required under s. 227.14 (1) and shall
2include the material required under s. 227.14 (2) (a) 1., 2., and 7. and a statement that
3the agency is petitioning the joint committee for review of administrative rules to use
4the process under this subsection to repeal a rule the agency has determined to be
5an unauthorized rule.
AB251-AA7,2,106 2. The legislative council staff shall review the petition and proposed rule in
7accordance with s. 227.15 (2) and submit to the joint committee for review of
8administrative rules the petition and proposed rule with a written report including
9a statement of its determination as to whether the proposed rule proposes to repeal
10an unauthorized rule.
AB251-AA7,2,1411 3. Following receipt of the petition and proposed rule submitted by the
12legislative council staff under subd. 2., the joint committee for review of
13administrative rules shall review the petition and proposed rule and may do any of
14the following:
AB251-AA7,2,1615 a. Approve the agency's petition if the committee determines that the proposed
16rule would repeal an unauthorized rule.
AB251-AA7,2,1717 b. Deny the agency's petition.
AB251-AA7,2,1918 c. Request that the agency make changes to the proposed rule and resubmit the
19petition and proposed rule under subd. 1.
AB251-AA7,2,2120 4. The committee shall inform the agency in writing of its decision as to the
21petition.
AB251-AA7,2,2522 (c) If the joint committee for review of administrative rules approves a petition
23to repeal an unauthorized rule as provided in par. (b) 3. a., the agency may
24promulgate the proposed rule by filing a certified copy of the rule with the legislative
25reference bureau under s. 227.20, together with a copy of the committee's decision.
AB251-AA7,69r
1Section 69r. 227.29 of the statutes is created to read:
AB251-AA7,3,5 2227.29 Agency review of rules and enactments. (1) By March 31 of each
3odd-numbered year, each agency with any rules published in the code shall submit
4a report to the joint committee for review of administrative rules listing all of the
5following rules promulgated or otherwise administered by that agency:
AB251-AA7,3,86 (a) Rules for which the authority to promulgate has been eliminated or
7restricted, together with a description of the legislation that eliminated or restricted
8that authority.
AB251-AA7,3,109 (b) Rules that are obsolete or that have been rendered unnecessary, together
10with a description of why those rules are obsolete or have been rendered unnecessary.
AB251-AA7,3,1411 (c) Rules that are duplicative of, superseded by, or in conflict with another rule,
12a state statute, a federal statute or regulation, or a ruling of a court of competent
13jurisdiction, together with a citation to or the text of any such statute, regulation, or
14ruling.
AB251-AA7,3,15 15(2) The report under sub. (1) shall also include all of the following:
AB251-AA7,3,1816 (a) A description of the agency's actions, if any, to address each rule listed in
17the report. If the agency has not taken any action to address a rule listed in the
18report, the agency shall include an explanation for not taking action.
AB251-AA7,3,2019 (b) A description of the status of each rule listed in the previous year's report
20not otherwise listed.
AB251-AA7,3,2221 (c) If the agency determines that there is no rule as described under sub. (1) (a),
22(b), or (c), a statement of that determination.
AB251-AA7,3,24 23(3) (a) In this subsection, "enactment" means an act or a portion of an act that
24is required to be published under s. 35.095 (3) (a).
AB251-AA7,4,2
1(c) Each agency shall review enactments to determine whether any part of an
2enactment does any of the following:
AB251-AA7,4,43 1. Eliminates or restricts the agency's authority to promulgate any rules
4promulgated or otherwise administered by that agency.
AB251-AA7,4,65 2. Renders any rules promulgated or otherwise administered by that agency
6obsolete or unnecessary.
AB251-AA7,4,97 3. Renders, for any reason, any rules promulgated or otherwise administered
8by that agency not in conformity with or superseded by a state statute, including due
9to statutory numbering or terminology changes in the enactment.
AB251-AA7,4,1010 4. Requires or otherwise necessitates rule making by the agency.
AB251-AA7,4,1611 (d) If an agency determines that any consequence specified in par. (c) 1. to 4.
12results from an enactment or part of an enactment, within 6 months after the
13applicable effective date for the enactment or part of the enactment, the agency shall
14do one or more of the following, as applicable, to address the consequence identified
15by the agency and notify the joint committee for review of administrative rules of its
16action:
AB251-AA7,4,2117 1. Submit a statement of the scope of a proposed rule under s. 227.135 (2),
18unless the enactment requires otherwise or unless the agency submits a notice to the
19committee explaining why it is unable to submit the statement of scope within that
20time period and an estimate of when the agency plans to submit the statement of
21scope.
AB251-AA7,4,2422 2. In the case of an affected rule that the agency determines is an unauthorized
23rule, as defined in s. 227.26 (4) (a), submit a petition to the legislative council staff
24under s. 227.26 (4) (b) 1.
AB251-AA7,5,3
13. In the case of a consequence specified under par. (c) 3. that can be addressed
2by the legislative reference bureau using its authority under s. 13.92 (4) (b), submit
3a request to the legislative reference bureau to use that authority.".
AB251-AA7,5,4 42. Page 35, line 11: after that line insert:
AB251-AA7,5,7 5"(3m) The treatment of section 227.29 (3) of the statutes first applies to
6enactments published by the legislative reference bureau under section 35.095 (3)
7(a) of the statutes on the effective date of this subsection.".
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