§ 14.125 — Time Limit on Authority to Adopt, Amend, or Repeal Rules
Plain-Language Summary
When the legislature gives an agency authority to make rules, the agency must publish notice of intent to adopt those rules within 18 months. If the agency misses that deadline, its authority to make those rules expires permanently. Once the agency starts the process on time, it can later amend or repeal the rules without needing new legislative permission.
14.125 TIME LIMIT ON AUTHORITY TO ADOPT, AMEND, OR REPEAL RULES.
An agency shall publish a notice of intent to adopt rules or a notice of hearing within 18 months of the effective date of the law authorizing or requiring rules to be adopted, amended, or repealed. If the notice is not published within the time limit imposed by this section, the authority for the rules expires. The agency shall not use other law in existence at the time of the expiration of rulemaking authority under this section as authority to adopt, amend, or repeal these rules.
An agency that publishes a notice of intent to adopt rules or a notice of hearing within the time limit specified in this section may subsequently amend or repeal the rules without additional legislative authorization.
History:
**NOTE: **The Office of Administrative Hearings has been renamed the Court of Administrative Hearings. This terminology change will be implemented in the 2026 Statutes. Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 2, sections 17 and 68.
History: History: 1995 c 233 art 2 s 12