227.19(3)
(3) Form of report. The report required under
sub. (2) shall be in writing and shall include the proposed rule in the form specified in
s. 227.14 (1), the material specified in
s. 227.14 (2) to
(4), a copy of any economic impact report prepared by the agency under
s. 227.137, a copy of any report prepared by the department of administration under
s. 227.138, a copy of any energy impact report received from the public service commission under
s. 227.117 (2), a copy of any recommendations of the legislative council staff, and an analysis. The analysis shall include:
227.19(3)(a)
(a) A detailed statement explaining the basis and purpose of the proposed rule, including how the proposed rule advances relevant statutory goals or purposes.
227.19(3)(b)
(b) A summary of public comments to the proposed rule and the agency's response to those comments, and an explanation of any modification made in the proposed rule as a result of public comments or testimony received at a public hearing.
227.19(3)(c)
(c) A list of the persons who appeared or registered for or against the proposed rule at a public hearing.
227.19(3)(d)
(d) A response to the legislative council staff recommendations under
s. 227.15 indicating:
227.19(3)(d)1.
1. Acceptance of the recommendations in whole or in part.
227.19(3)(d)2.
2. Rejection of the recommendations in whole or in part.
227.19(3)(d)3.
3. The specific reason for rejecting any recommendation.
227.19(3)(e)
(e) Except as provided under
sub. (3m), for all proposed rules that will have an effect on small businesses, as defined under
s. 227.114 (1), a final regulatory flexibility analysis, which shall contain as much information about the following as the agency can feasibly obtain and analyze with its existing staff and resources:
227.19(3)(e)1.
1. The agency's reason for including or failing to include in the proposed rule any of the methods specified under
s. 227.114 (2) for reducing its impact on small businesses.
227.19(3)(e)2.
2. A summary of issues raised by small businesses during the hearings on the proposed rule, any changes in the proposed rule as a result of alternatives suggested by small businesses and the reasons for rejecting any alternatives suggested by small businesses.
227.19(3)(e)3.
3. The nature of any reports and the estimated cost of their preparation by small businesses that must comply with the rule.
227.19(3)(e)4.
4. The nature and estimated cost of other measures and investments that will be required of small businesses in complying with the rule.
227.19(3)(e)5.
5. The additional cost, if any, to the agency of administering or enforcing a rule which includes any of the methods specified under
s. 227.114 (2).
227.19(3)(e)6.
6. The impact on public health, safety and welfare, if any, caused by including in the rule any of the methods specified under
s. 227.114 (2).
227.19(3)(f)
(f) If an energy impact report regarding the proposed rule was submitted with the report required under
sub. (2), an explanation of the changes, if any, that were made in the proposed rule in response to that report.
227.19(3m)
(3m) Analysis not required. The final regulatory flexibility analysis specified under
sub. (3) (e) is not required for any rule if the agency, after complying with
s. 227.114 (1) to
(5), determines that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
227.19(4)(a)(a)
Notice of referral. Upon receipt of notice that a proposed rule has been referred to a committee under
sub. (2), the chairperson or chairpersons of the committee shall notify, in writing, each committee member of the referral.
227.19(4)(am)
(am)
Committee meeting. A committee may be convened upon the call of its chairperson or cochairpersons to review a proposed rule. A committee may meet separately or jointly with the other committee to which the notice and report were referred. A committee may hold a public hearing to review a proposed rule.
227.19(4)(b)1.1. Except as provided under
subd. 5., the committee review period for each committee extends for 30 days after referral under
sub. (2). If the chairperson or the cochairpersons of a committee take either of the following actions within the 30-day period, the committee review period for that committee is continued for 30 days from the date the first action is taken:
227.19(4)(b)1.a.
a. Request in writing that the agency meet with the committee to review the proposed rule. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the request is sent to the agency.
227.19(4)(b)1.b.
b. Publish or post notice that the committee will hold a meeting or hearing to review the proposed rule and immediately send a copy of the notice to the agency. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the notice is published or posted, whichever is earlier.
227.19(4)(b)2.
2. If a committee, by a majority vote of a quorum of the committee, recommends modifications in a proposed rule, and the agency, in writing, agrees to make modifications, the review period for both committees is extended either to the 10th working day following receipt by the committees of the modified proposed rule or to the expiration of the review period under
subd. 1., whichever is later. There is no limit either on the number of modification agreements that may be entered into or on the time within which modifications may be made.
227.19(4)(b)2m.
2m. If a committee requests in writing that the public service commission determine the rule's impact on the cost or reliability of electricity generation, transmission, or distribution or of fuels used in generating electricity, the commission shall prepare an energy impact report in the manner provided under
s. 227.117 (1). The commission shall submit a copy of the report to the committee and to the agency that proposed the rule within 30 days after the written request is submitted to the commission. The review period for both committees is extended to the 10th working day following receipt by the committees of the report, to the expiration of the review period under
subd. 1., or to the expiration of the review period under
subd. 2., whichever is later.
227.19(4)(b)3.
3. An agency may, on its own initiative, submit a germane modification to a proposed rule to a committee during its review period. If a germane modification is submitted within the final 10 days of a committee review period, the review period for both committees is extended for 10 working days. If a germane modification is submitted to a committee after the committee in the other house has concluded its jurisdiction over the proposed rule, the jurisdiction of the committee of the other house is revived for 10 working days. In this subdivision, an agency's proposal to delete part of a proposed rule under committee review shall be treated as a germane modification of the proposed rule.
227.19(4)(b)4.
4. An agency may modify a proposed rule following the committee review period if the modification is germane to the subject matter of the proposed rule. If a germane modification is made, the agency shall recall the proposed rule from the chief clerk of each house of the legislature. The proposed rule, with the germane modification, shall be resubmitted to the presiding officer in each house of the legislature as provided in
sub. (2) and the committee review period shall begin again. Following the committee review period, an agency may not make any modification that is not germane to the subject matter of the proposed rule. In this subdivision, an agency's proposal to delete part of a proposed rule under committee review shall be treated as a germane modification of the proposed rule.
227.19(4)(b)5.
5. If a committee in one house votes to object to a proposed rule under
par. (d), the chairperson or cochairpersons of the committee shall immediately notify the chairperson or cochairpersons of the committee to which the proposed rule was referred in the other house. Upon receipt of the notice, the review period for the committee in the other house immediately ceases and no further action on the proposed rule may be taken under this paragraph, but the committee may proceed under
par. (d) to object to the proposed rule.
227.19(4)(b)6.
6. If a committee has not concluded its jurisdiction over a proposed rule before the day specified under
s. 13.02 (1) for the next legislature to convene, that jurisdiction immediately ceases and, within 7 working days after that date, the presiding officer of the appropriate house shall refer the proposed rule to the appropriate standing committee or joint legislative committee created by law, except the joint committee for review of administrative rules, as provided under
sub. (2). The committee review period that was interrupted by the loss of jurisdiction under this subdivision continues for the committee to which the proposed rule is referred under this subdivision beginning on the date of referral under this subdivision.
227.19(4)(c)
(c)
Agency not to promulgate rule during committee review. An agency may not promulgate a proposed rule during the committee review period unless both committees waive jurisdiction over the proposed rule prior to the expiration of the review period. A committee may waive its jurisdiction by adopting, by a majority vote of a quorum of the committee, a motion waiving the committee's jurisdiction. The committee shall report its action in writing to the joint committee for review of administrative rules within 2 working days after the waiver action.
227.19(4)(d)
(d)
Committee action. A committee, by a majority vote of a quorum of the committee during the review period under
par. (b), may object to a proposed rule for one or more of the following reasons:
227.19(4)(d)2.
2. An emergency relating to public health, safety or welfare.
227.19(4)(d)5.
5. A change in circumstances since enactment of the earliest law upon which the proposed rule is based.
227.19(4)(d)6.
6. Arbitrariness and capriciousness, or imposition of an undue hardship.
227.19(4)(e)
(e)
Part of a proposed rule. An agency may promulgate any part of a proposed rule which is not objected to by a committee.
227.19(5)
(5) Joint committee for review of administrative rules. 227.19(5)(a)(a)
Referral. If a committee objects to a proposed rule, the committee shall report the proposed rule and the objection to the presiding officer of the appropriate house within 2 working days after making the objection. The presiding officer shall refer the proposed rule and the objection to the joint committee for review of administrative rules within 5 working days after receiving the committee report.
227.19(5)(b)1.1. The review period for the joint committee for review of administrative rules extends for 30 days after a proposed rule and objection are referred to it. The joint committee for review of administrative rules shall meet and take action in executive session during that period, except that if the cochairpersons take either of the following actions within the 30-day period, the joint committee review period is continued for 30 days from the date the first action is taken:
227.19(5)(b)1.a.
a. Request in writing that the agency meet with the joint committee for review of administrative rules to review the proposed rule. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the request is sent to the agency.
227.19(5)(b)1.b.
b. Publish or post notice that the joint committee for review of administrative rules will hold a meeting or hearing to review the proposed rule and immediately send a copy of the notice to the agency. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the notice is published or posted, whichever is earlier.
227.19(5)(b)2.
2. If the joint committee for review of administrative rules, by a majority vote of a quorum of the committee, recommends modifications in a proposed rule, and the agency, in writing, agrees to make modifications, the review period for the joint committee for review of administrative rules is extended either to the 10th working day following receipt by the joint committee of the modified proposed rule or to the expiration of the review period under
subd. 1., whichever is later. There is no limit either on the number of modification agreements that may be entered into or on the time within which modifications may be made.
227.19(5)(b)3.
3. If both committees object to a proposed rule, each objection has a separate review period beginning on the date of its receipt.
227.19(5)(b)4.
4. If the joint committee for review of administrative rules has not concluded its jurisdiction over a proposed rule before the day specified under
s. 13.02 (1) for the next legislature to convene, that jurisdiction immediately ceases and, within 7 working days after that date, the presiding officer of the appropriate house shall refer the proposed rule to the joint committee for review of administrative rules. The committee review period that was interrupted by the loss of jurisdiction under this subdivision continues for the joint committee for review of administrative rules to which the proposed rule is referred under this subdivision beginning on the date of referral under this subdivision.
227.19(5)(c)
(c)
Agency not to promulgate rule during joint committee review. An agency may not promulgate a proposed rule to which a committee has objected unless the joint committee for review of administrative rules, under
par. (d), nonconcurs in the action of the committee, or until a bill introduced under
par. (e) fails to be enacted. An agency may promulgate any part of a proposed rule to which no objection has been made.
227.19(5)(d)
(d)
Joint committee action. The joint committee for review of administrative rules may nonconcur in a committee's objection to a proposed rule by voting to nonconcur during the review period under
par. (b). If the joint committee for review of administrative rules objects to a proposed rule, an agency may not promulgate the proposed rule until a bill introduced under
par. (e) fails to be enacted. The joint committee for review of administrative rules may object to a proposed rule only for one or more of the reasons specified under
sub. (4) (d).
227.19(5)(e)
(e)
Bills to prevent promulgation. When the joint committee for review of administrative rules objects to a proposed rule it shall, within 30 days of the date of the objection, introduce in each house of the legislature, for consideration at any regular session, a bill to support the objection. Within 10 working days after introduction, the presiding officer of each house of the legislature shall refer the bill to the appropriate standing committee.
227.19(5)(f)
(f)
Timely introduction of bills; effect. If both bills required under
par. (e) are defeated, or fail to be enacted in any other manner, the agency may promulgate the proposed rule that was objected to. If either bill becomes law, the agency may not promulgate the proposed rule that was objected to unless a subsequent law specifically authorizes its promulgation. This paragraph applies to bills introduced on or after the day specified under
s. 13.02 (1) for the legislature to convene and before February 1 of an even-numbered year.
227.19(5)(g)
(g)
Late introduction of bills; effect. If the bills required under
par. (e) are introduced on or after February 1 of an even-numbered year and before the next regular session of the legislature commences, as provided under
s. 13.02 (2), the joint committee for review of administrative rules shall reintroduce the bills on the first day of the next regular session of the legislature, unless either house adversely disposes of either bill. If the joint committee for review of administrative rules is required to reintroduce the bills, the agency may not promulgate the proposed rule to which the bills pertain except as provided in
par. (f). If either house adversely disposes of either bill, the agency may promulgate the proposed rule that was objected to. In this paragraph, "adversely disposes of" means that one house has voted in one of the following ways:
227.19(6)
(6) Promulgation prevention procedure. 227.19(6)(a)(a) The legislature may not consider a bill required by
sub. (5) (e) until the joint committee for review of administrative rules has submitted a written report on the bill. The report shall be printed as an appendix to each bill and shall contain:
227.19(6)(a)1.
1. An explanation of the issue involving the proposed rule objected to and the factual situation out of which the issue arose.
227.19(6)(a)2.
2. Arguments presented for and against the proposed rule at the executive session held under
sub. (5) (b).
227.19(6)(a)3.
3. A statement of the action taken by the joint committee for review of administrative rules regarding the proposed rule.
227.19(6)(a)4.
4. A statement and analysis of the grounds upon which the joint committee for review of administrative rules relies for objecting to the proposed rule.
227.19(6)(b)
(b) Upon introduction of the bills under
sub. (5), the presiding officer of each house of the legislature shall refer the bill introduced in that house to the appropriate committee, to the calendar scheduling committee or directly to the calendar. If the committee to which a bill is referred makes no report within 30 days after referral, the bill shall be considered reported without recommendation. No later than 40 days after referral, the bills shall be placed on the calendar of each house of the legislature according to its rule governing the placement of proposals on the calendar. A bill introduced under this section which is received in the 2nd house shall be referred, reported and placed on the calendar in the same manner as an original bill introduced under this section.
227.19(7)
(7) Nonapplication. This section does not apply to rules promulgated under
s. 227.24.
227.19 Annotation
Rule-making procedure is discussed. Wisconsin State Telephone Association. v. PSC,
105 Wis. 2d 601,
314 N.W.2d 873 (Ct. App. 1981).
227.20
227.20
Filing of rules. 227.20(1)(1) An agency shall file a certified copy of each rule it promulgates in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the revisor. No rule is valid until the certified copies have been filed. A certified copy shall be typed or duplicated on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, leaving sufficient room for the secretary of state's stamp at the top of the first page. Forms that are filed need not comply with the specifications of this subsection.
227.20(2)
(2) The secretary of state shall endorse the date and the time of filing on each certified copy filed under
sub. (1). The secretary of state shall keep a file of all certified copies filed under
sub. (1).
227.20(3)
(3) Filing a certified copy of a rule with the secretary of state creates a presumption of all of the following:
227.20(3)(a)
(a) That the rule was duly promulgated by the agency.
227.20(3)(b)
(b) That the rule was filed and made available for public inspection on the date and time endorsed on it.
227.20(3)(c)
(c) That all of the rule-making procedures required by this chapter were complied with.
227.20(3)(d)
(d) That the text of the certified copy of the rule is the text as promulgated by the agency.
227.20 History
History: 1985 a. 182;
1993 a. 214.
227.20 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See s.
902.03 for provision for judicial notice of administrative rules.
227.21
227.21
Publication of rules; incorporation by reference. 227.21(1)(1) All rules that agencies are directed by this chapter to file with the revisor shall be published in the code and register as required under
s. 35.93.
227.21(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
s. 601.41 (3) (b), to avoid unnecessary expense an agency may, with the consent of the revisor and the attorney general, adopt standards established by technical societies and organizations of recognized national standing by incorporating the standards in its rules by reference to the specific issue or issues of the publication in which they appear, without reproducing the standards in full.
227.21(2)(b)
(b) The revisor and the attorney general shall consent to incorporation by reference only in a rule of limited public interest and in a case where the incorporated standards are readily available in published form. Each rule containing an incorporation by reference shall state how the material incorporated may be obtained and, except as provided in
s. 601.41 (3) (b), that the standards are on file at the offices of the agency, the secretary of state, and the revisor.
227.21(3)
(3) A rule promulgated jointly by 2 or more agencies need not be published in more than one place in the code.
227.21(4)
(4) Agency materials that are exempt from the requirements of this chapter under
s. 227.01 (13) may be published, either verbatim or in summary form, if the promulgating agency and the revisor determine that the public interest would be served by publication.
227.22
227.22
Effective date of rules.
