2007 WISCONSIN ACT 180 Relating to: legislative committee review period of administrative rules and revisor consent regarding technical standards in rules.

Date of enactment: March 26, 2008
2007 Assembly Bill 410 Date of publication*: April 9, 2008

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2005-06 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2007 WISCONSIN ACT 180

An Act to amend 227.19 (4) (b) 1. a., 227.19 (4) (b) 1. b., 227.19 (5) (b) 1. a., 227.19 (5) (b) 1. b. and 227.21 (2) (a) of the statutes; relating to: legislative committee review period of administrative rules and legislative reference bureau consent regarding technical standards in rules.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 227.19 (4) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

227.19 (4) (b) 1. a. Request in writing that the agency meet with the committee to review the proposed rule. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the request is sent to the agency.

Section 2 . 227.19 (4) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

227.19 (4) (b) 1. b. Publish or post notice that the committee will hold a meeting or hearing to review the proposed rule and immediately send a copy of the notice to the agency. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the notice is published or posted, whichever is earlier.

Section 3 . 227.19 (5) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

227.19 (5) (b) 1. a. Request in writing that the agency meet with the joint committee for review of administrative rules to review the proposed rule. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the request is sent to the agency.

Section 4 . 227.19 (5) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

227.19 (5) (b) 1. b. Publish or post notice that the joint committee for review of administrative rules will hold a meeting or hearing to review the proposed rule and immediately send a copy of the notice to the agency. The continuation of the review period begins on the date the notice is published or posted, whichever is earlier.

Section 5m . 227.21 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 , is amended to read:

227.21 (2) (a) Except as provided in s. 601.41 (3) (b), to avoid unnecessary expense an agency may, with the consent of the legislative reference bureau and the attorney general, adopt standards established by technical societies and organizations of recognized national standing by incorporating the standards in its rules by reference to the specific issue or issues of the publication in which they appear, without reproducing the standards in full.