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Utah House Bill HB0474 Compare Versions

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1		-	Enrolled Copy H.B. 474
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	2	+	Ryan D. Wilcox proposes the following substitute bill:
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3	4		Regulatory Oversight Amendments
4	5		2025 GENERAL SESSION
5	6		STATE OF UTAH
6	7		Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox
7	8		Senate Sponsor: Daniel McCay
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9		-	Cosponsor: Ken Ivory Michael J. Petersen
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11		-	Melissa G. Ballard Jill Koford Thomas W. Peterson
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13		-	Jefferson S. Burton Jason B. Kyle Val L. Peterson
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15		-	Kay J. Christofferson Matt MacPherson Jake Sawyer
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17		-	Paul A. Cutler A. Cory Maloy Mark A. Strong
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19		-	Ariel Defay Jefferson Moss Jordan D. Teuscher
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23	12		LONG TITLE
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25	14		General Description:
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27	16		This bill provides additional mechanisms for the oversight of state executive agencies.
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29	18		Highlighted Provisions:
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31	20		This bill:
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33	22		▸ directs the Office of Professional Licensure Review (office) to create a mechanism to
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35	24		gather feedback regarding existing occupational regulations;
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37	26		▸ directs the office to include the feedback regarding existing occupational regulations that
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39	28		the office gathers in the office's written report to the Business and Labor Interim
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41	30		Committee;
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43	32		▸ provides a limit on the cost of implementing an agency generated rule; and
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45	34		▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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47	36		Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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49	38		None
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51	40		Other Special Clauses:
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53	42		None
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55		-	Utah Code Sections Affected: ~~H.B. 474 Enrolled Copy~~
	44	+	Utah Code Sections Affected:
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57	46		AMENDS:
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59	48		13-1b-203, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 413
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61	50		13-1b-302, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 413
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63	52		13-1b-304, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 413
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65	54		63G-3-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 344
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67	56		63G-3-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 178
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69	58		72-16-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 267
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73	62		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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75	65		Section 1. Section 13-1b-203 is amended to read:
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77	67		13-1b-203 . Duties.
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79	69		The office shall:
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81	71		(1) for each application submitted in accordance with Section 13-1b-301, conduct a sunrise
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83	73		review in accordance with Section 13-1b-302 before November 1:
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85	75		(a) of the year in which the application is submitted, if the application is submitted on or
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87	77		before July 1; or
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89	79		(b) of the subsequent year, if the application is submitted after July 1;
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91	81		(2) [beginning in 2023 and in ] in accordance with Section 13-1b-303, conduct a review of
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93	83		each regulated occupation at least once every 10 years;
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95	85		(3) review and respond to any legislator inquiry regarding a proposed or existing regulated
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97	87		occupation;[ and]
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99	89		(4) publish on the office's website a submission form where an individual may provide
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101	91		feedback regarding an existing occupational regulation within the office's jurisdiction
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103	93		that the individual requests the office repeal or modify;
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105	95		(5) engage in a systematic review of the rules that relate to occupational regulations within
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107	97		the office's jurisdiction in accordance with Section 13-1b-302; and
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109	99		[(4)] (6) report to the Business and Labor Interim Committee in accordance with Section
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111	101		13-1b-304.
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113	103		Section 2. Section 13-1b-302 is amended to read:
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115	105		13-1b-302 . Review criteria.
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117	107		In conducting a sunrise review[ or ] , a periodic review, or a standalone review, unless
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119	109		otherwise directed in accordance with Subsection 13-1b-203(3), the office shall consider the
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121	111		following criteria:
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123	113		(1) whether the regulation of the occupation is necessary to address a present, recognizable,
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126	115		and significant harm to the health, safety, or financial welfare of the public;
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128	117		(2) for any harm to the health, safety, or financial welfare of the public, the harm's:
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130	119		(a) severity;
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132	121		(b) probability; and
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134	123		(c) permanence;
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136	125		(3) the extent to which the proposed or existing regulation of the occupation protects
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138	127		against or diminishes the harm described in Subsection (1);
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140	129		(4) whether the proposed or existing regulation of the occupation:
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142	131		(a) affects the supply of qualified practitioners;
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144	134		(b) creates barriers to:
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146	136		(i) service that are not in the public financial welfare or interest; or
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148	138		(ii) entry into the occupation or related occupations;
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150	140		(c) imposes new costs on existing practitioners;
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152	142		(d) affects:
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154	144		(i) license reciprocity with other jurisdictions; or
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156	146		(ii) mobility of practitioners; or
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158	148		(e) if the occupation involves a health care provider, impacts the health care provider's
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160	150		ability to obtain payment of benefits for the health care provider's treatment of an
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162	152		illness, injury, or health care condition under an insurance contract subject to Section
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164	154		31A-22-618;
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166	156		(5) if the review involves licensing, the potential alternative pathways for a person to obtain
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168	158		a license;
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170	160		(6) the costs to the state of regulating the occupation;
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172	162		(7) whether the proposed or existing administering agency has sufficient expertise and
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174	164		resources;
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176	166		(8) the regulation of the occupation in other jurisdictions;
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178	168		(9) the scope of the proposed or existing regulation, including:
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180	170		(a) whether the occupation is clearly distinguishable from an already regulated
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182	172		occupation; and
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184	174		(b) potential for regulating only certain occupational activities;
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186	176		(10) the potentially less burdensome alternatives to the proposed or existing regulation and
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188	178		the effect of implementing an alternative method of regulation on:
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190	180		(a) the health, safety, or financial welfare of the public;
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192	182		(b) the occupation; and
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195	184		(c) practitioners of the occupation; and
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197	186		(11) any other criteria the office adopts, including criteria suggested in a stakeholder survey.
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199	188		Section 3. Section 13-1b-304 is amended to read:
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201	190		13-1b-304 . Reporting.
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203	192		(1) [Beginning in 2024, ] On or before October 1, the office shall annually prepare and
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205	194		submit a written report to the Business and Labor Interim Committee that describes the
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207	196		office's work during the prior year.
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209	198		(2) In a written report described in Subsection (1), the office shall include:
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211	200		(a) a summary of each periodic review, each sunrise review, each rule review, and each
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213	203		response to a legislator inquiry; [and]
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215	205		(b) each recommendation the office made to another state executive branch agency
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217	207		regarding a regulated occupation[.] ; and
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219	209		(c) a summary of information received during the previous year by the office under
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221	211		Subsection 13-1b-203(4) including:
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223	213		(i) the total number of submissions the office receives;
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225	215		(ii) each rule for which an individual filed a submission.
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227	217		Section 4. Section 63G-3-102 is amended to read:
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229	219		63G-3-102 . Definitions.
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231	221		As used in this chapter:
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233	223		(1) "Administrative record" means information an agency relies upon when making a rule
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235	225		under this chapter including:
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237	227		(a) the proposed rule, change in the proposed rule, and the rule analysis form;
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239	229		(b) the public comment received and recorded by the agency during the public comment
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241	231		period;
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243	233		(c) the agency's response to the public comment;
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245	235		(d) the agency's analysis of the public comment; and
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247	237		(e) the agency's report of [its] the agency's decision-making process.
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249	239		(2)(a) "Agency" [means] includes:
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251	241		(i) each state board, authority, commission, institution, department, division, or officer[,] ;
252	242		117
253	243		or
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255	245		(ii) any other state government entity [other than the Legislature, its committees, the
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257	247		political subdivisions of the state, or the courts, which] that is authorized or
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259	249		required by law to make rules, adjudicate, grant or withhold licenses, grant or
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261	251		withhold relief from legal obligations, or perform other similar actions or duties
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263	252		122
264	253		delegated by law.
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266	255		(b) "Agency" does not include:
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268	257		(i) the Legislature;
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270	259		(ii) the Legislature's committees;
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272	261		(iii) the political subdivisions of the state; or
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274	263		(iv) the courts.
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276	265		(3) "Bulletin" means the Utah State Bulletin.
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278	267		(4) "Catchline" means a short summary of each section, part, rule, or title of the code that
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280	269		follows the section, part, rule, or title reference placed before the text of the rule and
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282	272		serves the same function as boldface in legislation as described in Section 68-3-13.
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284	274		(5) "Code" means the body of all effective rules as compiled and organized by the office
285	275		133
286	276		and entitled "Utah Administrative Code."
287	277		134
288	278		(6) "Department" means the Department of Government Operations created in Section
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290	280		63A-1-104.
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292	282		(7) "Director" means the director of the office.
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294	284		(8) "Effective" means operative and enforceable.
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296	286		(9) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
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298	288		(10) "File" means to submit a document to the office as prescribed by the office.
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300	290		(11) "Filing date" means the day and time the document is recorded as received by the
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302	292		office.
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304	294		(12) "Interested person" means any person affected by or interested in a proposed rule,
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306	296		amendment to an existing rule, or a nonsubstantive change made under Section
307	297		144
308	298		63G-3-402.
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310	300		(13) "Office" means the Office of Administrative Rules created in Section 63G-3-401.
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312	302		(14) "Order" means an agency action that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges,
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314	304		immunities, or other interests of one or more specific persons, but not a class of persons.
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316	306		(15) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental
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318	308		entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency.
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320	310		(16) "Publication" or "publish" means making a rule available to the public by including the
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322	312		rule or a summary of the rule in the bulletin.
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324	314		(17) "Publication date" means the inscribed date of the bulletin.
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326	316		(18) "Register" may include an electronic database.
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328	318		(19)(a) "Rule" means an agency's written statement that:
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330	320		(i) is explicitly or implicitly required by state or federal statute or other applicable
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332	321		156
333	322		law;
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335	324		(ii) implements or interprets a state or federal legal mandate; and
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337	326		(iii) applies to a class of persons or another agency.
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339	328		(b) "Rule" includes the amendment or repeal of an existing rule.
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341	330		(c) "Rule" does not mean:
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343	332		(i) orders;
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345	334		(ii) an agency's written statement that applies only to internal management and that
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347	336		does not restrict the legal rights of a public class of persons or another agency;
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349	338		(iii) the governor's executive orders or proclamations;
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351	341		(iv) opinions issued by the attorney general's office;
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353	343		(v) declaratory rulings issued by the agency according to Section 63G-4-503 except
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355	345		as required by Section 63G-3-201;
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357	347		(vi) rulings by an agency in adjudicative proceedings, except as required by
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359	349		Subsection 63G-3-201(6); or
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361	351		(vii) an agency written statement that is in violation of any state or federal law.
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363	353		(20) "Rule analysis" means the format prescribed by the office to summarize and analyze
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365	355		rules.
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367	357		(21) "Small business" means a business employing fewer than 50 persons.
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369	359		(22) "Substantial fiscal impact" means an anticipated fiscal impact of a proposed rule of at
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371	361		least $2,000,000 over a five-year period.
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373	363		[(22)] (23) "Substantive change" means a change in a rule that affects the application or
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375	365		results of agency actions.
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377	367		Section 5. Section 63G-3-301 is amended to read:
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379	369		63G-3-301 . Rulemaking procedure.
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381	371		(1) An agency authorized to make rules is also authorized to amend or repeal those rules.
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383	373		(2) Except as provided in Sections 63G-3-303 and 63G-3-304, when making, amending, or
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385	375		repealing a rule, agencies shall comply with:
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387	377		(a) the requirements of this section;
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389	379		(b) consistent procedures required by other statutes;
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391	381		(c) applicable federal mandates; and
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393	383		(d) rules made by the office to implement this chapter.
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395	385		(3) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, each agency shall develop and use flexible
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397	387		approaches in drafting rules that meet the needs of the agency and that involve persons
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399	389		affected by the agency's rules.
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402	391		(4)(a) Each agency shall file the agency's proposed rule and rule analysis with the office.
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404	393		(b) Rule amendments shall be marked with new language underlined and deleted
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406	395		language struck out.
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408	397		(c)(i) The office shall publish the information required under Subsection (8) on the
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410	399		rule analysis and the text of the proposed rule in the next issue of the bulletin.
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412	401		(ii) For rule amendments, only the section or subsection of the rule being amended
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414	403		need be printed.
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416	405		(iii) If the director determines that the rule is too long to publish, the office shall
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418	407		publish the rule analysis and shall publish the rule by reference to a copy on file
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420	410		with the office.
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422	412		(5) Before filing a rule with the office, the agency shall conduct a thorough analysis,
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424	414		consistent with the criteria established by the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget,
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426	416		of the fiscal impact a rule may have on businesses, which criteria may include:
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428	418		(a) the type of industries that will be impacted by the rule, and for each identified
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430	420		industry, an estimate of the total number of businesses within the industry, and an
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432	422		estimate of the number of those businesses that are small businesses;
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434	424		(b) the individual fiscal impact that would incur to a [typical] single business for a
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436	426		one-year period;
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438	428		(c) the aggregated total fiscal impact that would incur to all businesses within the state
439	429		209
440	430		for a one-year period;
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442	432		(d) the total cost that would incur to all impacted entities over a five-year period; and
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444	434		(e) the department head's comments on the analysis.
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446	436		(6) If the agency reasonably expects that a proposed rule will have a measurable negative
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448	438		fiscal impact on small businesses, the agency shall consider, as allowed by federal law,
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450	440		each of the following methods of reducing the impact of the rule on small businesses:
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452	442		(a) establishing less stringent compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses;
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454	444		(b) establishing less stringent schedules or deadlines for compliance or reporting
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456	446		requirements for small businesses;
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458	448		(c) consolidating or simplifying compliance or reporting requirements for small
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460	450		businesses;
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462	452		(d) establishing performance standards for small businesses to replace design or
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464	454		operational standards required in the proposed rule; and
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466	456		(e) exempting small businesses from all or any part of the requirements contained in the
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468	458		proposed rule.
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471	460		(7) If during the public comment period an agency receives comment that the proposed rule
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473	462		will cost small business more than one day's annual average gross receipts, and the
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475	464		agency had not previously performed the analysis in Subsection (6), the agency shall
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477	466		perform the analysis described in Subsection (6).
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479	468		(8) The rule analysis shall contain:
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481	470		(a) a summary of the rule or change;
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483	472		(b) the purpose of the rule or reason for the change;
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485	474		(c) the statutory authority or federal requirement for the rule;
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487	476		(d) the anticipated cost or savings to:
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489	479		(i) the state budget;
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491	481		(ii) local governments;
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493	483		(iii) small businesses; and
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495	485		(iv) persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities;
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497	487		(e) the compliance cost for affected persons;
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499	489		(f) how interested persons may review the full text of the rule;
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501	491		(g) how interested persons may present their views on the rule;
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503	493		(h) the time and place of any scheduled public hearing;
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505	495		(i) the name and telephone number of an agency employee who may be contacted about
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507	497		the rule;
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509	499		(j) the name of the agency head or designee who authorized the rule;
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511	501		(k) the date on which the rule may become effective following the public comment
512	502		245
513	503		period;
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515	505		(l) the agency's analysis on the fiscal impact of the rule as required under Subsection (5);
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517	507		(m) any additional comments the department head may choose to submit regarding the
518	508		248
519	509		fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses; and
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521	511		(n) if applicable, a summary of the agency's efforts to comply with the requirements of
522	512		250
523	513		Subsection (6).
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525	515		(9)(a) For a rule being repealed and reenacted, the rule analysis shall contain a summary
526	516		252
527	517		that generally includes the following:
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529	519		(i) a summary of substantive provisions in the repealed rule which are eliminated
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531	521		from the enacted rule; and
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533	523		(ii) a summary of new substantive provisions appearing only in the enacted rule.
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535	525		(b) The summary required under this Subsection (9) is to aid in review and may not be
536	526		257
537	527		used to contest any rule on the ground of noncompliance with the procedural
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540	529		requirements of this chapter.
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542	531		(10) [A ] An agency shall mail a copy of the rule analysis [shall be mailed to all persons
543	532		260
544	533		who have made timely request] to a person that makes a timely request of the agency for
545	534		261
546	535		advance notice of the agency's rulemaking proceedings and to any other person [who] that,
547	536		262
548	537		by statutory or federal mandate or in the judgment of the agency, should also receive
549	538		263
550	539		notice.
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552	541		(11)(a) Following the publication date, the agency shall allow at least 30 days for public
553	542		265
554	543		comment on the rule.
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556	545		(b) The agency shall review and evaluate all public comments submitted in writing
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558	548		within the time period under Subsection (11)(a) or presented at public hearings
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560	550		conducted by the agency within the time period under Subsection (11)(a).
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562	552		(12)(a) Except as provided in Sections 63G-3-303 and 63G-3-304, a proposed rule
563	553		270
564	554		becomes effective on any date specified by the agency that is:
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566	556		(i) no fewer than seven calendar days after the day on which the public comment
567	557		272
568	558		period closes under Subsection (11); and
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570	560		(ii) no more than 120 days after the day on which the rule is published.
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572	562		(b) The agency shall provide notice of the rule's effective date to the office in the form
573	563		275
574	564		required by the office.
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576	566		(c) The notice of effective date may not provide for an effective date before the day on
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578	568		which the office receives the notice.
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580	570		(d) The office shall publish notice of the effective date of the rule in the next issue of the
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582	572		bulletin.
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584	574		(e) A proposed rule lapses if a notice of effective date or a change to a proposed rule is
585	575		281
586	576		not filed with the office within 120 days after the day on which the rule is published.
587	577		282
588	578		(13)(a)(i) [Except as provided in Subsection (13)(d), before ] Before an agency enacts
589	579		283
590	580		a rule, the agency shall submit to the appropriations subcommittee and interim
591	581		284
592	582		committee with jurisdiction over the agency the agency's proposed rule for review,
593	583		285
594	584		if the proposed rule, over a [three-year] five-year period, has a fiscal impact of
595	585		286
596	586		more than[:] $1,000,000 statewide.
597	587		287
598	588		[(i) $250,000 to a single person; or]
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600	590		[(ii) $7,500,000 to a group of persons.]
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602	592		(ii) A proposed rule that is subject to Subsection (13)(e) is exempt from Subsection
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604	594		(13)(a)(i).
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606	596		(b) An appropriations subcommittee or interim committee that reviews a rule [submitted]
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609	598		an agency submits under Subsection (13)(a) shall:
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611	600		(i) before the review, directly inform the chairs of the Rules Review and General
612	601		294
613	602		Oversight Committee of the coming review, including the date, time, and place of
614	603		295
615	604		the review; and
616	605		296
617	606		(ii) after the review, directly inform the chairs of the Rules Review and General
618	607		297
619	608		Oversight Committee of the outcome of the review, including any
620	609		298
621	610		recommendation.
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623	612		(c) An appropriations subcommittee or interim committee that reviews a rule [submitted]
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625	614		an agency submits under Subsection (13)(a) may recommend to the Rules Review
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626	616		301
627	617		and General Oversight Committee that the Rules Review and General Oversight
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629	619		Committee not recommend reauthorization of the rule in the legislation described in
630	620		303
631	621		Section 63G-3-502.
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633	623		(d) The agency shall calculate the substantial fiscal impact in accordance with
634	624		305
635	625		Subsection (5).
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637	627		(e) Unless an agency cannot implement a statute or execute a federally delegated
638	628		307
639	629		authority without making a rule that is estimated to have substantial fiscal impact, the
640	630		308
641	631		agency may not make the rule.
642	632		309
643	633		[(d)] (f) The requirements described in [Subsection (13)(a) does] Subsections (13)(a) and
644	634		310
645	635		(13)(b) do not apply to:
646	636		311
647	637		(i) the State Tax Commission; or
648	638		312
649	639		(ii) the State Board of Education.
650	640		313
651	641		(14)(a) As used in this Subsection (14), "initiate rulemaking proceedings" means the
652	642		314
653	643		filing, for the purposes of publication in accordance with Subsection (4), of an
654	644		315
655	645		agency's proposed rule that is required by state statute.
656	646		316
657	647		(b) A state agency shall initiate rulemaking proceedings no later than 180 days after the
658	648		317
659	649		day on which the statutory provision that specifically requires the rulemaking takes
660	650		318
661	651		effect, except under Subsection (14)(c).
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663	653		(c) When a statute is enacted that requires agency rulemaking and the affected agency
664	654		320
665	655		already has rules in place that meet the statutory requirement, the agency shall submit
666	656		321
667	657		the rules to the Rules Review and General Oversight Committee for review within 60
668	658		322
669	659		days after the day on which the statute requiring the rulemaking takes effect.
670	660		323
671	661		(d) If a state agency does not initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with the
672	662		324
673	663		time requirements in Subsection (14)(b), the state agency shall appear before the
674	664		325
675	665		legislative Rules Review and General Oversight Committee and provide the reasons
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678	667		for the delay.
679	668		327
680	669		Section 6. Section 72-16-203 is amended to read:
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682	671		72-16-203 . Rulemaking.
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684	673		(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and the
685	674		330
686	675		provisions of this chapter the committee may make rules:
687	676		331
688	677		(a) establishing:
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690	679		(i) the form of an application and a renewal application for:
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692	681		(A) a qualified safety inspector certification;
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694	683		(B) an annual amusement ride permit; and
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696	686		(C) a multi-ride annual amusement ride permit;
697	687		336
698	688		(ii) the procedure to apply for and renew:
699	689		337
700	690		(A) a qualified safety inspector certification;
701	691		338
702	692		(B) an annual amusement ride permit; and
703	693		339
704	694		(C) a multi-ride annual amusement ride permit;
705	695		340
706	696		(iii) standards for a daily inspection under Section 72-16-302;
707	697		341
708	698		(iv) the form of a report of a reportable serious injury to the director;
709	699		342
710	700		(v) the procedure for reporting a reportable serious injury to the director;
711	701		343
712	702		(vi) the procedure to suspend and revoke:
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714	704		(A) a qualified safety inspector certification;
715	705		345
716	706		(B) an annual amusement ride permit; and
717	707		346
718	708		(C) a multi-ride annual amusement ride permit;
719	709		347
720	710		(vii) a retention schedule that applies to each qualified safety inspector for records
721	711		348
722	712		related to a qualified safety inspector's duties under this chapter;
723	713		349
724	714		(viii) a retention schedule that applies to each owner-operator for records related to
725	715		350
726	716		an owner-operator's duties under this chapter;
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728	718		(ix) fees;
729	719		352
730	720		(x) minimum insurance requirements for certified inspectors; and
731	721		353
732	722		(xi) fines or administrative penalties for lack of compliance with this chapter[.] ;
733	723		354
734	724		(b) regarding the experience required to obtain a qualified safety inspector certification
735	725		355
736	726		under Subsection 72-16-303(3)(a); and
737	727		356
738	728		(c) adopting nationally recognized:
739	729		357
740	730		(i) amusement ride inspection standards; and
741	731		358
742	732		(ii) qualified safety inspector qualification standards.
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744	734		(2) Notwithstanding Subsection [63G-3-301(13), no later than December 1, 2020, ]
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747	736		63G-3-301(14), the committee shall initiate rulemaking proceedings, as defined in
748	737		361
749	738		Section 63G-3-301, to make rules under this section.
750	739		362
751	740		Section 7. Effective Date.
752	741		363
753	742		This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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