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D R A F T FOR DISCUSSION ONLY | | REVISED MODEL STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS | October 2005 Meeting Draft April 15-17, 2005 WITH GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTS | Copyright ©20045 By NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS The ideas and conclusions set forth in this draft, including the proposed statutory language and any comments or reporter’s notes, have not been passed upon by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws or the Drafting Committee. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Conference and its Commissioners and the Drafting Committee and its Members and Reporters. Proposed statutory language may not be used to ascertain the intent or meaning of any promulgated final statutory proposal. | DRAFTING COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS TOTO REVISE MODEL STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT FRANCIS J. PAVETTI, 18 The Strand, Goshen Point, Waterford, CT 06385, Chair DUCHESS BARTMESS, 3408 Windsor Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73122 JERRY L. BASSETT, Legislative Reference Service, 613 Alabama State House, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130, Enactment Plan Coordinator STEPHEN C. CAWOOD, 108 1/2 Kentucky Ave., P.O. Drawer 128, Pineville, KY 40977-0128 | VICCI COLGAN, Wyoming Attorney General, 123 Capitol Bldg., Cheyenne, WY 82001 | KENNETH D. DEAN, University of MissouriMissouri-Columbia School of Law, 337 | Hulston116 Jesse Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 BRIAN K. FLOWERS, Office of the General Counsel, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 4, Washington, DC 20004 H. LANE KNEEDLER, 901 E. Byrd Street, Suite 1700, Richmond, VA 23219 NATHANIEL STERLING, Law Revision Commission, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Suite D-1, Palo | Alto, CA 94303RAYMOND P. PEPE, 17 N. Second St., Payne Shoemaker Building, | 18th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1507 ROBERT J. TENNESSEN, 80 South 8th Street, 500 IDS Center, Minneapolis, MN 55402-3796 JOHN L. GEDID, Widener Law School, 3800 Vartan Way, P.O. Box 69382, Harrisburg, PA 17106-9382, National Conference Reporter EX OFFICIO FRED H. MILLER, University of Oklahoma, College of Law, 300 Timberdell Rd., Room 3056, Norman, OK 73019, President RAYMOND P. PEPE, 240 N. Third St., Payne Shoemaker Building, 13th Floor, Harrisburg, PA | 17101-1507,HOWARD J. SWIBEL, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL | 60606, President | MICHAEL B. GETTY, 1560 Sandburg Terr., Suite 1104, Chicago, IL 60610, Division Chair | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADVISOR MICHAEL R. ASIMOW, UCLA Law School, 405 N. Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-9000, American Bar Association Advisor ROSE MARY BAILLY, 80 New Scotland Rd., Albany, NY 12208-3434, American Bar Association Section Advisor | EDWIN L. FELTER, JR., 1120 Lincoln633 17th St., Suite 14300, Denver, CO | 80203-214080202, American Bar Association Section Advisor | | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILLIAM H. HENNING, University of Alabama School of Law, Box 870382, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0382, Executive Director Copies of this Act may be obtained from: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS 211 E. Ontario Street, Suite 1300 Chicago, Illinois 60611 312/915-0195 www.nccusl.org | REVISED MODEL STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT TABLE OF CONTENTS | GENERAL INTRODUCTIONGeneral Introduction . 1 | CORE ARTICLE I1 GENERAL PROVISIONS | § C1-101SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE..........................................24 | § C1-102SECTION 102. DEFINITIONS ..........................................24 | § C1-103SECTION 103. APPLICABILITY ......................................710 | § C1-104SECTION 104. SUSPENSION OF ACT’S[ACT]’S PROVISIONS WHEN | NECESSARY TO | AVOID LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.....................................811 | SECTION 105. CONVERSION.................................................12 | CORE ARTICLE IIPUBLIC2 | PUBLIC ACCESS TO AGENCY LAW AND POLICY | § C2-10S1ECTION 201. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES PUBLISHER; PUBLICATION, | COMPILATION, INDEXING, AND PUBLIC INSPECTION OF RULES . 9 | 14 | § C2-102SECTION 202. REQUIRED AGENCY RULEMAKING AND RECORDKEEPING115 | § C2-103SECTION 203. DECLARATIONS BY AGENCY . 127 | CORE [SECTION 204. MODEL PROCEDURAL RULES . 18 | | ARTICLE IIIRULEMAKINGADOPTION3 | RULEMAKING | ADOPTION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF RULES | § C3-101SECTION 301. CURRENT RULEMAKING DOCKET . 159 | § C3-102SECTION 302. AGENCY RULEMAKING RECORD . 15 | § C3-10320 | [SECTION 303. ADVICE ON POSSIBLE RULES BEFORE NOTICE OF PROPOSED | RULE ADOPTION] ....................................................23 | SECTION 304. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION . 1924 | § C3-104SECTION 305. REGULATORY ANALYSIS . 205 | § C3-105SECTION 306. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION . 216 | § C3-106SECTION 307. TIME AND MANNER OF ADOPTION . 227 | § C3-107SECTION 308. VARIANCE BETWEEN NOTICE OF RULE AND RULE | ADOPTED...........................................................238 | § C3-108SECTION 309. EMERGENCY RULES; NONCONTROVERSIAL RULES . 24 § C3-109. EXEMPTION FOR GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS . 26 | § C3-110FAST-TRACK RULES ................................................29 | SECTION 310. GUIDANCE RECORDS ..........................................31 | SECTION 311. CONTENTS OF RULE ..........................................33 | SECTION 312. CONCISE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT . 2833 | § C3-111[SECTION 313. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE] . 34 | SECTION 314. COMPLIANCE AND TIME LIMITATION . 2835 | § C3-112SECTION 315. FILING OF RULES ....................................2935 | § C3-113SECTION 316. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES . 306 § C3-114. SPECIAL PROVISION FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF . 31 | § C3-115SECTION 317. PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF RULE . 327 | CORE ARTICLE IVADJUDICATION4 | ADJUDICATION | § C4-101SECTION 401. WHEN CHAPTER 4 OF THIS ACT APPLIES TO ADJUDICATIONS .....................................................33 § C4-102. PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCY ADJUDICATION– ADJUDICATION BILL OF RIGHTS .......................................34 | § C4-103ARTICLE 4 APPLIES .................................................38 | SECTION 402. MANDATORY PROCEDURE FOR DISPUTED CASES. 39 | SECTION 403. NOTICE OF HEARING ..........................................37 § C4-104. FORMAL ADJUDICATION PROCEDURE . 38 § C4-105. INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS .........................................41 | § C4-106. NO42 | SECTION 404. EVIDENTIARY HEARING PROCEDURE . 43 | SECTION 405. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS .................................42 § C4-107. LICENSES.........................................................44 § C4-108. INITIAL ORDER AND FINAL ORDER. 45 § C4-109. STAY .............................................................47 | § C4-11047 | SECTION 406. LICENSES ....................................................49 | SECTION 407. ORDERS: INITIAL AND FINAL. 50 | SECTION 408. STAY ........................................................52 | SECTION 409. AVAILABILITY OF DECISIONS AND OPINIONSORDERS; INDEX . 4752 | § C4-111SECTION 410. INFORMAL ADJUDICATION . 4853 | § C4-112SECTION 411. INFORMAL ADJUDICATION PROCEDURE. 49 § C4-113. CONVERSION .....................................................50 | CORE ARTICLE VJUDICIAL54 | SECTION 412. EMERGENCY ADJUDICATION. 55 | SECTION 413. INTERVENTION ...............................................57 | | ARTICLE 5 | JUDICIAL REVIEW § C5-101. RELATION TO OTHER APPEAL LAW AND RULES . 51 | § C5-102. FINALSECTION 501. RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW, FINAL AGENCY | ACTION | REVIEWABLE ........................................................59 | SECTION 502. NON-FINAL AGENCY ACTION REVIEWABLE . 51 § C5-103. NON FINAL AGENCY ACTION REVIEWABLE . 51 § C5-104. FORM OF PETITION, JURISDICTION, VENUE . 52 | § C5-10560 | SECTION 503. RELATION TO OTHER APPEAL LAW AND RULES. 61 | SECTION 504. TIME FOR SEEKING JUDICIAL REVIEW OF AGENCY ACTION, | LIMITATIONS ........................................................61 | SECTION 505. STAYS PENDING APPEAL ....................................5262 | § C5-106SECTION 506. STANDING ..........................................5363 | § C5-107SECTION 507. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES . 5464 | § C5-108SECTION 508. CLOSEDAGENCY RECORD ON JUDICIAL REVIEW; | EXCEPTION ........................................................5565 | § C5-109SECTION 509. SCOPE OF REVIEW...................................5666 | § C5-110SECTION 510. EFFECTIVE DATE ......................................58 § C5-111. SEVERABILITY ....................................................58 OPTIONAL PROVISIONS OPTIONAL ARTICLE IGENERAL PROVISIONS § O1-102. DEFINITIONS......................................................59 § O1-103. SUSPENSION OF ACT’S PROVISIONS WHEN NECESSARY TO AVOID LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDS ..................................................61 OPTIONAL ARTICLE IIOPTIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS § O2-104. MODEL RULES ....................................................62 OPTIONAL ARTICLE IIIRULEMAKINGOPTIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS §O3-101. ADVICE ON POSSIBLE RULES BEFORE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION ...........................................................64 § O3-103. CONTENTS, STYLE, AND FORM OF RULE . 64 § O3-104. INVALIDITY OF RULES NOT ADOPTED ACCORDING TO CHAPTER . 66 § O3-113. SPECIAL PROVISION FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF RULES . 66 OPTIONAL AGENCY REVIEW PROVISIONS § O3-105. RULE REVIEW BY AGENCY .........................................69 § O3-106. REVIEW BY GOVERNOR; ADMINISTRATIVE RULES COUNSEL . 70 § O3-107. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REVIEW COMMITTEE . 70 § O3-108. REVIEW BY ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REVIEW COMMITTEE . 71 OPTIONAL ARTICLE IVADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGSOPTIONAL PROVISIONS ON AVAILABILITY § O4-101. ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS;