FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 331
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR EIGEL.
1185S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 536, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to administrative
rulemaking.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 536, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 536.203, to read as 2
follows:3
536.203. 1. If the fiscal notes required by sections 1
536.200 and 536.205 exceed an estimated combined cost over 2
two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate, the 3
proposed rule shall not take effect until the ratification 4
or disapproval by the general assembly either by bill or by 5
concurrent resolution in accordance with the provisions of 6
Article IV, Section 8 of the Missouri Constitution. 7
2. Any state agency filing a no tice of proposed 8
rulemaking that contains fiscal notes required by sections 9
536.200 and 536.205 exceeding an estimated combined cost 10
over two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate, 11
shall submit such notice to the joint committee on 12
administrative rules, as required by sections 536.024 and 13
536.028, no later than thirty days prior to the next regular 14
session of the general assembly. The joint committee on 15
administrative rules shall hold in abeyance or suspend the 16
order of rulemaking. The joint committee on administrative 17
rules shall submit the proposed rule to the members of the 18
general assembly as soon as practicable. 19 SB 331 2
3. If the general assembly does not ratify a proposed 20
rule that has been held in abeyance or suspended pursuant t o 21
this section by bill or concurrent resolution in accordance 22
with the provisions of Article IV, Section 8 of the Missouri 23
Constitution, the state agency shall not file the order of 24
rulemaking for such proposed rule with the secretary of 25
state and the secretary of state shall not publish any final 26
order of rulemaking for such proposed rule in the Missouri 27
Register. 28
4. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the 29
authority of this chapter shall become effective until it 30
has been ratified by the general assembly in accordance with 31
the procedures provided for in this section. 32
5. Upon adoption of such bill or concurrent resolution 33
as provided in this section, the secretary of state shall 34
not publish the order of rulemaking until the expiration of 35
time necessary for such bill or resolution to be signed by 36
the governor, or vetoed and subsequently acted upon by the 37
general assembly pursuant to Article III, Section 32 of the 38
Missouri Constitution. If such bill or concurrent 39
resolution is adopted and signed by the governor or 40
otherwise reconsidered pursuant to Article III, Section 32 41
of the Missouri Constitution, the secretary of state shall 42
publish in the Missouri Register, as soon as practicable, 43
the order of rulemaking along w ith notice of ratification by 44
the general assembly. 45
6. Except as provided in section 536.025, any rule, or 46
amendment or rescission thereof, shall be null, void, and 47
unenforceable unless made in accordance with the provisions 48
of this section. 49