SB46 Alabama 2015 1st Special Session

Act 2015-291 of the 2015 Regular Session amended the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the review by the Lieutenant Governor of rules adopted by an agency and disapproved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review

This bill would specify that an agency may appeal the disapproval of a rule to the Lieutenant Governor within 15 days of the disapproval and the Lieutenant Governor would have an additional 15 days to review the disapproved rule. The bill would also specify that if the Office of the Lieutenant Governor is vacant, the rule would be suspended until adjournment of the next regular session and would be reinstated at the time unless the Legislature sustains the disapproval by joint resolution. The bill would also specify that Act 2015-291 would operate prospectively to rulemaking commenced by an agency on or after October 1, 2015

Relating to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act; to amend Section 41-22-23 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-291 of the 2015 Regular Session, providing for the review by the Lieutenant Governor of rules disapproved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review under certain conditions; to specify the time an agency may appeal from a disapproval by the committee; to specify that in the event the Office of the Lieutenant Governor is vacant, the rule would be suspended until adjournment of the next regular session and would be reinstated at the time unless the Legislature sustains the disapproval by joint resolution; and to amend Section 4 of Act 2015-291 of the 2015 Regular Session, to specify that Act 2015-291 shall be prospective in operation to rulemaking commenced on or after October 1, 2015.