SB40-SSA1, s. 2997he Section 2997he. 227.15 (1m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1301,25 227.15 (1m) (e) The time, date, and place of any public hearing specified in the notice in s. 227.17 as soon as that notice is submitted to the revisor of statutes legislative reference bureau under s. 227.17 (1) (a).

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997hr Section 2997hr. 227.15 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1302,8 227.15 (2) Role of legislative council staff. (intro.) The legislative council staff shall, within 20 working days following receipt of a proposed rule, review the proposed rule in accordance with this subsection. With the consent of the director of the legislative council staff, the review period may be extended for an additional 20 working days. The legislative council staff shall act as a clearinghouse for rule drafting and cooperate with the agency and the revisor legislative reference bureau to:

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997je Section 2997je. 227.15 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1302,12 227.15 (7) Rules procedures manual. The legislative council staff and the revisor's bureau legislative reference bureau shall prepare a manual to provide agencies with information on drafting, promulgation and legislative review of rules.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997jr Section 2997jr. 227.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1302,16 227.17 (1) (a) Send written notice of the hearing to the revisor legislative reference bureau for publication in the register and, if required, publish the notice in a local newspaper.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997Le Section 2997Le. 227.17 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1302,22 227.17 (1) (b) Send written notice of the hearing to each member of the legislature who has filed a written request for notice with the revisor legislative reference bureau. Upon request, the revisor legislative reference bureau shall furnish an agency with the name and address of each legislator who has requested notice.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997Lr Section 2997Lr. 227.17 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1303,3 227.17 (1) (bm) Send written notice of the hearing to the secretary of administration on the same day that the notice is sent to the revisor legislative reference bureau under par. (a).

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997ne Section 2997ne. 227.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1303,16 227.19 (2) Notification of legislature. An agency shall submit a notice to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature when a proposed rule is in final draft form. The notice shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be accompanied by a report in the form specified under sub. (3). A notice received under this subsection on or after September 1 of an even-numbered year shall be considered received on the first day of the next regular session of the legislature. The presiding officer of each house of the legislature shall, within 10 working days following the day on which the notice and report are received, direct the appropriate chief clerk to refer them to one standing committee. The agency shall submit to the revisor legislative reference bureau for publication in the register a statement that a proposed rule has been submitted to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature. Each chief clerk shall enter a similar statement in the journal of his or her house.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997nr Section 2997nr. 227.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1303,23 227.20 (1) An agency shall file a certified copy of each rule it promulgates in the office of the revisor with the legislative reference bureau. No rule is valid until the certified copy has been filed. A certified copy shall be typed or duplicated on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, leaving sufficient room for the revisor's a stamp at the top of the first page. Forms that are filed need not comply with the specifications of this subsection.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997pe Section 2997pe. 227.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1304,3 227.20 (2) The revisor legislative reference bureau shall endorse the date and the time of filing on each certified copy filed under sub. (1). The revisor bureau shall keep a file of all certified copies filed under sub. (1).

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997pr Section 2997pr. 227.20 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1304,6 227.20 (3) (intro.) Filing a certified copy of a rule with the revisor legislative reference bureau creates a presumption of all of the following:

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997re Section 2997re. 227.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1304,10 227.21 (1) All rules that agencies are directed by this chapter to file with the revisor legislative reference bureau shall be published in the code and register as required under s. 35.93.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997rr Section 2997rr. 227.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1304,17 227.21 (2) (a) Except as provided in s. 601.41 (3) (b), to avoid unnecessary expense an agency may, with the consent of the revisor legislative reference bureau 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.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997te Section 2997te. 227.21 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1304,25 227.21 (2) (b) 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 or are available on optical disk or in another electronic format. 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 and the revisor legislative reference bureau.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997tr Section 2997tr. 227.21 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB40-SSA1,1305,5 227.21 (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 legislative reference bureau determine that the public interest would be served by publication.

SB40-SSA1, s. 2997ve Section 2997ve. 227.22 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: