CSHB 216(FIN): "An Act relating to fiscal notes for bills directing or resulting in the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations, and to the notice required for the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 216(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to fiscal notes for bills directing or resulting in the adoption, 02 amendment, or repeal of regulations, and to the notice required for the proposed 03 adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 24.08.035 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 06 (f) In addition to the other requirements of this section, if a bill directs an 07 agency in the executive branch of state government to adopt, amend, or repeal a 08 regulation or will result in an agency's adopting, amending, or repealing a regulation, 09 the department affected shall include in the fiscal note for the bill a specific time by 10 which the agency shall adopt, amend, or repeal the regulation. If the agency is not able 11 to meet the deadline set in the fiscal note, the agency shall 12 (1) set a new deadline; and 13 (2) report to the Administrative Regulation Review Committee the 14 new deadline and the reasons for being unable to meet the deadline set in the fiscal
01 note. 02 (g) In (f) of this section, "agency" includes the Alaska Housing Finance 03 Corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the Alaska 04 Energy Authority, the Alaska Public Offices Commission, and the Alaska Oil and Gas 05 Conservation Commission, but does not include other boards or commissions. 06 * Sec. 2. AS 44.62.200 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (d) When a state agency, other than the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the 08 Board of Fisheries, or the Board of Game, posts, furnishes, or otherwise provides a 09 notice of the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation under 10 AS 44.62.190, a brief description of the changes made by the proposed adoption, 11 amendment, or repeal must accompany the notice. However, if, under 12 AS 44.62.190(a), the notice is published in a newspaper or trade or industry 13 publication or is broadcast, this subsection does not require that the brief description 14 otherwise required by this subsection accompany the publication or the broadcast. The 15 brief description shall be written in clear, easily readable language that a person 16 without a legal background is able to understand. Notwithstanding AS 44.62.300, an 17 action may not be brought for failure of the brief description to comply with the 18 requirements of this subsection relating to the description of the changes or its clarity 19 and readability. 20 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 21 read: 22 APPLICABILITY. (a) AS 24.08.035(f) and (g), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, apply to 23 bills that are filed on or after the effective date of this Act. 24 (b) AS 44.62.200(d), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, applies to the proposed adoption, 25 amendment, or repeal of a regulation on or after the effective date of this Act. 26 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.