RULEMAKING

See also MINNESOTA RULES

Active consideration of rules

Committees to comment on rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101

Rulemaking dockets, listing in, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Administrative law judges, duties, expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Administrative Procedure Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.001 to 14.69

Adoption of rules

Authority to adopt, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05

Date, in rulemaking docket, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Filing with secretary of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.16, 14.26, 97A.0456

Good cause exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Legislative committees, votes to advise agency not to adopt, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.126

Notice requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.16, 14.18, 14.27, 97A.0457

Postponement for review by Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Agency committees to comment on rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101

Agency contact persons, rule dockets, listing in, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Amendments to rules

Effective date, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.18, 14.38

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Petitions for, by local governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Assessments, see Fees under this topic

Authority for rules

Bills authorizing, chief authors, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101

Criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.045

Expiration, 18-month limit, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.125

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05

Grants of, see Rulemaking under specific state agencies

Transfers of powers among agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 15.039

Chief administrative law judge, see under ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

Comments on rules

Expedited rulemaking process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389, 84.027

Soliciting before notice of intent, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101

Compliance with rules, costs, compliance cost thresholds, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.127

Copies of proposed or adopted rules

Electronic transmission, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05, 14.08

Expedited emergency game and fish rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Natural Resources Department emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452, 97A.0455, 97A.0456

Omitting, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14, 14.18, 14.22

Rules adopted after public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14

Rules adopted without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22, 14.26

Costs, good cause exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Criminal penalties, statutory authority required, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.045

Deadlines

Administrative law judge, rules adopted without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.26

Agency response to material submitted after hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Attorney general, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0451, 97A.0455, 97A.0456

Comment periods, rules adopted without public hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22, 14.23

Completion of rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.19

Continuation of emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0458

Exempt rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.38, 14.385

Expiration of rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.125

Hearing at request of Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.843

Hearing report, administrative law judge, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Notice of hearing, publication, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.125

Notice of intent to adopt, publication, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.125

Rulemaking record, submission of written material after hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Solicitation of comments, publication, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101

Submission of rules to attorney general, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.26

Definitions

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.02

Pending, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Rules of construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 645.001

Substantial difference, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05

Disapprovals of rules, rules to be adopted without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.26

Dockets, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Drafting

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Revisor of statutes, Minn. Statutes 2024 3C.03, 14.07

Effective dates

Emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0456

Exempt rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.386

Expedited emergency game and fish rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.18, 14.38

Local ordinances, rules requiring adoption or amendment, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.128

Rulemaking docket, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Vetoes of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05

Emergency rules

Form approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Natural Resources Department

Adoption, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0457

Attorney general, submission to and review, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0451, 97A.0455

Authority to adopt, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0451

Comment period, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452

Conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0451

Continuation of, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0458

Costs, assessment, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0455

Disapproval, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0455

Effective date, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0456

Effective period, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0458

Expedited emergency game and fish rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Filing with secretary of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0456

Form approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0459

Free copies, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452, 97A.0455

Harmless errors, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0455

Intent to adopt, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452

Matters subject to emergency rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Modifications, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0454, 97A.0455

Permanent status, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.386

Submission to attorney general, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452, 97A.0455

Time limit for adopting, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0451

Time limit of effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0458

Exempt rules

Adoption of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.386, 14.388

Deadline for submission to revisor, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.385

Effective period, two-year limit, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.386

Federal requirements, exemptions for, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.03

Fee reductions, Minn. Statutes 2024 16A.1283

Forest land fees, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2024 89.22

Form approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07, 14.386

Forms, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.03

Good cause exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Licensing boards, curriculum, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.03

Off-highway vehicle restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.777

Previously exempt rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.38

Procedure for giving effect to, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.38

Publication, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.385, 14.386, 14.47

Review, Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842

Statutory authority,, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.386

Exemptions from rules, compliance costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.127

Expedited rules

Form approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Natural resources expedited permanent rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Petitions to amend or repeal rules, by local governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Fees

Administrative Hearings Office, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842, 14.53

Agency fee-setting, see Fees under STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Attorney general, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0455

Chief administrative law judge, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.08, 14.26

Court reporters, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.52

Fines, amounts, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.045

Fiscal notes, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Form approval

Emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0459

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Required rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.06

Rules adopted after public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.20

Rules adopted without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.28

Form of rules

Duplication of statutory language, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Form approval, see same under this topic

Incorporations by reference, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Forms, petitions for adoption or change of administrative rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.09

Free copies, see Copies of proposed or adopted rules under this topic

General authority, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05

Good cause exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Good faith, farming operations, notice of rules affecting, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.111

Grants of rulemaking authority, rulemaking notes on bills, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.985

Harmless errors

Administrative law judge, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.26, 97A.0455

Hearings

Administrative law judges, assignment, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.50

After comment period, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Compliance cost thresholds, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.127

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.53

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14

Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842

Petitions to amend or repeal rules, by local governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Procedural rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.843

Report, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.50

Representation of clients at, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 10A.08

Requests for hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22, 14.25

Rules governing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.51

Subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.51

Tape recording, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.52

Transcripts, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14, 14.365

Incorporations by reference, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Interpretation

Headnotes, Minn. Statutes 2024 645.49

Rules of construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.37, 645.001

Interpretive guidelines, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.03

Interventions, Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842

Invalidity of rules, declaration, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.45

Judicial review of rules

Court of appeals, Minn. Statutes 2024 480A.06, 480A.09

Declaration of invalidity, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.45

Declaratory judgments, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842, 14.44

Legal precedents, adoption as rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.06

Legal status of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.37

Legislative Coordinating Commission, see LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COMMISSION

Local governments, impact of rules on

Ordinances, rules requiring adoption or amendment, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.128

Statements of need and reasonableness, contents, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Mailed notices, see Notice under this topic

Modifications of rules

Authority to modify, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05, 14.24, 97A.0454

Correction of defects, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.16

Emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0454, 97A.0455

Expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Natural resources expedited permanent rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.18, 14.26, 97A.0455

Publication, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.18, 14.25, 14.26, 97A.0455

Rules adopted after public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.18

Rules adopted without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.24 to 14.26

Substantial difference, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05, 14.15, 14.16, 14.24

Need for and reasonableness of rule

Establishment at hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14

Petitions for amendment or repeal of rule, hearings on, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Review by Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Statements of need and reasonableness, see same under this topic

Notice

Administrative law judge's disapproval of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.26

Adoption of rules

After public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.16, 14.18

Emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0457

Expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.27

Attorney general's disapproval of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0455

Citations to, in rulemaking docket, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Dual notices, with or without hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22, 14.225

Emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452, 97A.0455, 97A.0457, 97A.0458

Fiscal concerns, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Hearing at request of Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.843

Intent to adopt a rule

After public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14

Dual notices, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22, 14.225

Emergency rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.0452, 97A.0453

Good cause exemption, adoptions under, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22

Intent to repeal a rule, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14, 14.22, 14.388

Internet availability, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388, 16E.07

Legislative committees, votes to advise agency not to adopt, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.126

Notice soliciting comment from persons affected, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101

Obsolete rules, repeal notices, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.3895

Petitions to amend or repeal rules, by local governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Proposed rules, expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Public hearing required after comment period, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Rules, intent to adopt, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.116

Variances to rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.056

Withdrawal of request for public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Objections to rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842

Obsolete rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05, 14.3895

Orders of adoption, good cause exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Pending rulemaking proceedings, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Persons affected by rule

Description in statement of need and reasonableness, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131, 14.23

Efforts to contact, description, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131, 14.23

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.101, 14.14, 14.22

Petitions

Adoption of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.09

Amendments or repeals of rules, local government petitions for, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Unadopted rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.381

Variances to rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.056

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.002

Proposed rules

Comment period, rulemaking docket, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Fiscal notes, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Free copies, see Copies of proposed or adopted rules under this topic

Hearings, farming operations, location of hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14

Intent to adopt, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14, 14.22, 97A.0453

Natural resources expedited permanent rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Probable costs of complying, statement, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Rulemaking dockets, listing in, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Written comments on, place of inspection, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Public hearing, see Rules adopted after public hearing under this topic

Publication

Adopted rules, compilation, see MINNESOTA RULES

Rules other than permanent rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.47

Repeal of rules

Effective date, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.38

Notice of intent to repeal, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14, 14.22

Obsolete rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05, 14.3895

Petitions for repeal, by local governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.091

Repeal of law authorizing rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05

Reports about, Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842

Requests for public hearing

Contents, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Names of requesters, in rulemaking docket, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.366

Withdrawal, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Required rules, procedures affecting rights of public, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.06

Review of rules

Expedited emergency game and fish rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Good cause exemption adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.388

Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.305

Local ordinances, rules requiring adoption or amendment, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.128

Rulemaking authority, see Rulemaking under specific subjects

Rulemaking record

Agency responses to material submitted after hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Contents, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.365

Documents submitted at hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.14

Return for consideration of disciplinary action, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.62

Withdrawal of request for hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Rules adopted after public hearing

Administrative law judge's report, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Adoption, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.16

Deadline to complete rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.19

Expedited process, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.389

Form approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07, 14.20

Hearings, see same under this topic

Modifications, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.16

Notice of hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07, 14.22, 14.225

Review by Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.15

Statement of need and reasonableness, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Rules adopted without public hearing

Approval fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.22

Hearing after comment period, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Modifications, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.24

Requests for hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.25

Review and hearing after complaints, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.842

Statement of need and reasonableness, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.23

Substantially different rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.24

Specific agencies, see specific index headings

State mandates, local impact notes, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.986 to 3.989, 477A.03

State Register, see Rulemaking notices under STATE REGISTER

Statements of need and reasonableness

Contents

Air quality, solid waste, or hazardous waste rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 116.07

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131, 14.23

Departmental earnings, comments by Management and Budget Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131, 14.23

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.131

Rulemaking record, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.365

Rules adopted without public hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.23

Style and form revisions, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.07

Substantial difference, see Modifications of rules under this topic

Suspension of rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.38, 14.47

Transfers of powers among agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 15.039

Unadopted rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.381

Variances to rules, authority to grant, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.055

Withdrawal

Automatic withdrawal, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.19

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 14.05