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Kansas Governor Establishes Office of the Repealer
On January 21, 2011, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed Executive Order 11-01 to establish the Office of the Repealer in the Kansas Department of Administration. In a press release related to the...
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Nevada Governor Establishes a Freeze on Proposed Regulations
On January 3, 2011, Governor Brian Sandoval signed Executive Order 2011-01, entitled “Establishing a Freeze on Proposed Regulations.” A press release related to the order clarified the governor’s...
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Maine Governor Issues Order to Improve Review of Rulemaking
On January 10, 2011, Maine Governor Paul LePage issued Executive Order 09 FY 11/12, entitled “An Order to Improve Review of Rulemaking Process.” The order establishes gubernatorial review of certain...
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Ohio Governor Establishes the Common Sense Initiative
On January 10, 2011, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Executive Order 2011-01K, “Establishing the Common Sense Initiative.” This order creates “a process for independently evaluating the economic...
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Executive Order 13563 Published in January 21, 2011, Federal Register
On January 18, we reported that President Obama had issued an executive order “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review”. Executive order 13563 was published in the January 21, 2011, edition of the...
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SB 1339 – relating to administrative rules
“Any agency final rule that has an impact on the private sector in this state is repealed from and after December 31, 2012″ See bill:...
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Utah Governor Charges Cabinet to Review Regulations
On January 26, 2011, in his State of the State address, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert said that “most important ways government can nurture a business-friendly environment” is to “make regulation...
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Uniform Law Commission’s New Web Site
The Uniform Law Commission (a.k.a. National Conference of Commissioner on Uniform State Laws) has a new web site – http://www.uniformlaws.org/. Filed under: Model Act
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Legislative review may be up to voters
A bill pending in Texas requires agencies to wait before adopting rules until the appropriate standing committee of each house reviews the rules. Under present law the legislature is limited to sending...
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Register for the NASS 2011 Summer Conference in Daniels, WV
Registration is now open for the NASS 2011 Summer Conference from July 10-13, 2011 in Daniels, West Virginia at the Resort at Glade Springs. Click here for conference information and to register...
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2011 Colborn Award — Nominations Now Being Accepted
The Administrative Codes and Registers’ Awards Committee is taking nominations for the 2011 Colborn Award. This year, the committee consists of Molly Masich (NC; chair), Elizabeth Palen (VA) and John...
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2011 ACR Summer Conference Agenda
The ACR Summer Conference will be held at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, WV from July 10 through July 13, 2011. A copy of the tentative agenda is available. Filed under: Conferences
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ULC Approves the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act
On 7/18/2011, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) distributed an e-mail indicating that the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act was “approved during the Vote by States of the 2011 ULC Annual Meeting....
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AG’s opinion: Regulating guns at Virginia public universities
Virginia’s Attorney General recently issued an opinion that universities can prohibit the open carry of firearms inside university buildings by policy; however, must promulgate a regulation to apply...
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Florida Supreme Court Holds Governor’s Suspension of Rulemaking Exceeds...
http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2011/sc11-592.pdf Filed under: Executive Oversight
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NASS Administrative Rules Organization Honors Florida’s Division of Library...
Florida’s Division of Library and Information Services Recognized for Implementation of a Program to Hyperlink Materials Incorporated by Rules in the On-line Version of the Florida Administrative Code...
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Virginia Decoded
At the October 3rd Code Commission meeting, Waldo Jaquith introduced members to his beta website “Virginia DeCoded: The State Code for Humans.” His goal is to make state codes user friendly and easy...
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ULC Issues Final Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act
In an e-mail distributed October 10, 2011, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) announced the availability of the final version of the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA). The final version of...
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Virtual ACR Winter Meeting
Today, ACR President John Martinez announced through an e-mail that ACR will be conducting its 2012 Winter meeting as a virtual meeting. He said: Due to low attendance numbers projected for the ACR...
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Administrative Conference of the United States Recommendations
See Michael White’s post re: publication of ACUS’ recommendations at http://www.federalregister.gov/blog/2012/01/2273 Filed under: Administrative Law, Conferences, Federal Rulemaking, Uncategorized
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ACR Winter Meeting Agenda Available
Administrative Codes and Registers will hold a virtual winter meeting Wednesday, February 22 through Friday, February 24. Sessions will begin at 11 AM EST each day. The agenda for the meeting is...
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ACR Summer 2012 Conference Agenda
Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR) will hold its annual summer conference in conjunction with the National Association of Secretaries of State’s summer conference in San Juan, PR, July 14 through...
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Charles A. Barth named Director of the Federal Register
On July 6, 2012, the OFR Blog announced that Charles A. Barth has been named the new Director of the Federal Register. Mr. Barth replaces Ray Mosley who retired this past winter. See the OFR Blog for...
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Passing of Former ACR Executive Secretary Carolan Underwood
Carolan Underwood passed away on August 28, 2012. Carolan served the ACR Executive Secretary (the office now known as ‘president’) from 1987 through 1990. Carolan worked for the Missouri Secretary of...
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Virginia’s regulatory backlog recognized by news media
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/sep/30/tdmet01-va-wrestles-with-regulation-backlog-ar-2245310/ Filed under: Uncategorized
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President’s Executive Order Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
NPR reported today that President Barack Obama has issued an executive order improving regulation and regulatory review. In the “It’s All Politics” blog post entitled “Obama Orders Regulation Review...
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New Mexico Governor Suspends Proposed and Pending Rules and Regulation
On January 1, 2011, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez issued Executive Order 2011-001 entitled, “Formation of a Small Business-Friendly Task Force; Establishing a 90-Day Review Period for all...
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Florida Governor Suspends Rulemaking and Establishes Office of Fiscal...
On January 4, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott issued Executive Order Number 11-01 “Suspending Rulemaking and Establishing the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Regulatory Reform.” According to a...
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2012-2014 ACR Officers
Members of Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR), a section of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), elected officers in July at the NASS/ACR summer conference held in San Juan,...
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2013 ACR Summer Conference in Anchorage, AK
Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR) will hold its 35th annual summer conference in Anchorage, Alaska, July 18 through July 21, 2013. Information about conference, including an agenda, is...
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2014 ACR Winter Meeting in Washington D.C.
Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR) will be holding its annual winter meeting in conjunction with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), February 12-15, 2014 at the JW Marriott...
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ACR Founder Passes
Robert J. Colborn, former administrator of the Maryland Division of State Documents, the founder of Administrative Codes and Registers, a generous and kind spirit, and a dear friend passed away on...
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Accepting Nominations for the 2014 Robert J. Colborn Innovation Award
The Administrative Codes and Registers’ Awards Committee is taking nominations for the 2014 Colborn Award. This year, the committee consists of Ken Hansen (UT; chair), Kerry Radcliff (WA) and Liz...
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SCOTUS to decide whether rulemaking required when agencies change established...
The following article was posted today by Leland Beck, who will be speaking on a panel at the ACR meeting in Baltimore....
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Oral Arguments for Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn. Scheduled for December 1,...
Back in June, we notified readers of an upcoming federal case regarding rulemaking. The Legal Information Institute reports that the Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on December 1, 2014, in...
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