1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; providing that agency rulemaking activity may take 
1.3 	place only when the legislature is not meeting in regular session; providing that 
1.4 	newly adopted rules expire at the end of the next legislative session; modifying 
1.5 	rulemaking procedures;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 14.389, 
1.6 	subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14; 
1.7 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 14.131; 14.14, subdivisions 1, 1b, 2, 
1.8 	2a, 3; 14.15; 14.16; 14.18; 14.19; 14.20; 14.22, subdivision 2; 14.225; 14.23; 
1.9 	14.24; 14.25; 14.26; 14.27; 14.28; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 
1.10 	14.14, subdivision 1a; 14.22, subdivision 1.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. [14.051] LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING.
1.13 	An agency may not publish notice of intent to adopt a rule and may not publish notice 
1.14 	of adoption of a rule while the legislature is meeting in regular session. When a final rule 
1.15 	is adopted, the rule is effective only until the end of the next regular legislative session.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 14.389, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.17 		Subdivision 1.Application. This section applies when a law requiring or 
1.18 	authorizing rules to be adopted states that this section must or may be used to adopt the 
1.19 	rules. When a law refers to this section, the process in this section is the only specifies the
1.20 	process an agency must follow for its rules to have the force and effect of law. Sections 
1.21 	14.19 and 14.366 apply to rules adopted under this section.  

1.22 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 1.23 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 14.131; 14.14, subdivisions 1, 1b, 2, 2a, and 
1.24 	3; 14.15; 14.16; 14.18; 14.19; 14.20; 14.22, subdivision 2; 14.225; 14.23; 14.24; 14.25; 
1.25 	14.26; 14.27; and 14.28, are repealed.
2.1 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 14.14, subdivision 1a; and 14.22, 
2.2 	subdivision 1, are repealed.

2.3 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.4 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2010, and apply to rules for which notice of 
2.5 	intent to adopt the rule is published on or after that date.