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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 3, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Neylon, Ballweg and Ott,
cosponsored by Senators Nass, Craig and Stroebel. Referred to Committee
on Government Accountability and Oversight.
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1An Act to amend 227.135 (5); and
to create 227.135 (6), 227.135 (7) and 227.14
2(6) (c) 1. c. of the statutes;
relating to: statements of scope for administrative
3rules.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in order to promulgate a rule, an agency must submit a
statement of scope for the proposed rule for review by the Department of
Administration and approval by the governor. Once the governor approves the
statement, the agency must send the approved statement of scope to the Legislative
Reference Bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register before
continuing with the rule promulgation process. A statement of scope expires after
30 months, after which the agency may not promulgate any rule based on that
statement of scope that has not been submitted for legislative review by the
expiration date. This bill does the following:
1. Limits an agency to promulgating one permanent and one emergency rule
per statement of scope.
2. Allows an agency to formally withdraw a statement of scope prior to its
expiration date by sending a withdrawal notice for the statement to the LRB for
publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. Once a statement of scope has
been withdrawn, the agency may not promulgate a rule based upon that statement
of scope and all proposed rules based upon that statement of scope that are in the
process of being promulgated are automatically withdrawn.
3. Clarifies that, when a statement of scope expires, an agency also may not
promulgate an emergency rule based upon that statement of scope.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB851,1
1Section 1
. 227.135 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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227.135
(5) A statement of scope shall expire on the date that is 30 months after
3the date on which it is published in the register. After a statement of scope expires,
4an agency may not submit a proposed
permanent rule based upon that statement of
5scope to the legislature for review under s. 227.19 (2), and any such rule that has not
6been submitted to the legislature for review before that date shall be considered
7withdrawn on that date as provided in s. 227.14 (6) (c) 1. a.
After a statement of scope
8expires, an agency may not promulgate a proposed emergency rule based upon that
9statement of scope. For purposes of this subsection, a revised statement of scope
10prepared under sub. (4) shall expire on the date that is 30 months after the date on
11which the revised statement is published in the register.
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12Section 2
. 227.135 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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227.135
(6) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), an agency may withdraw a
14statement of scope by sending a withdrawal notice for the statement to the legislative
15reference bureau for publication in the register. The notice may include a statement
16regarding the reasons the agency is withdrawing the statement of scope. The agency
17shall also notify the presiding officer of each house of the legislature and the
18legislative council staff of the withdrawal. When an agency withdraws a statement
19of scope as provided in this paragraph, each proposed rule based upon that statement
20of scope that has not been filed under s. 227.20 and that has not otherwise already
1been withdrawn shall also be considered withdrawn on that date as provided in s.
2227.14 (6) (c) 1. c.
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(b) An agency may not withdraw a statement of scope under par. (a) that has
4expired under sub. (5).
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(c) An agency may not promulgate a rule based upon a statement of scope that
6has been withdrawn.
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7Section 3
. 227.135 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
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227.135
(7) An agency may not promulgate more than one permanent rule and
9one emergency rule based on a statement of scope.
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10Section 4
. 227.14 (6) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
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227.14
(6) (c) 1. c. On the date that the statement of scope for the proposed rule
12is withdrawn under s. 227.135 (6) (a).
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13Section
5.
Initial applicability.
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(1) The treatment of s. 227.135 (7) first applies to statements of scope that are
15approved by the governor on the effective date of this subsection.