2005 Idaho Code - 67-454 — SUBCOMMITTEES FOR REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES -- MEETINGS REGARDING RULES

                                  TITLE  67
                      STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 4
                                 LEGISLATURE
    67-454.  SUBCOMMITTEES FOR REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES -- MEETINGS
REGARDING RULES. For the purposes of review of proposed administrative rules
pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, germane joint subcommittees are
hereby authorized and created. The speaker of the house of representatives and
the president pro tempore of the senate shall designate a subcommittee of each
germane committee of each house for the consideration of proposed rules of the
respective state agencies. The respective germane subcommittee of each house
thus designated shall meet with the germane subcommittee of the other house
and shall constitute the germane joint subcommittee. A subcommittee of each
standing committee of each house shall be composed of the chairman of the
committee, one (1) member of the majority party from the committee, appointed
by the president pro tempore in the case of senate members, and by the speaker
in the case of house members, and one (1) member of the minority party from
the committee, appointed by the minority leader of the senate in the case of
senate members, and by the minority leader of the house in the case of house
members. If vacancies occur or exist in the majority party membership of the
subcommittees of the senate, the president pro tempore shall appoint a
replacement member; if vacancies occur or exist in the minority party
membership of the subcommittees of the senate, the minority leader shall
appoint a replacement member. If vacancies occur or exist in the majority
party membership of the subcommittees of the house, the speaker shall appoint
a replacement member; if vacancies occur or exist in the minority party
membership of the subcommittees of the house, the minority leader shall
appoint a replacement member. Meetings of a joint germane subcommittee shall
be governed by the joint rules of the legislature; the chairmen shall sit as
cochairmen.
    Upon notice of intended action as provided in sections 67-5221 and
67-5223, Idaho Code, and transmission of analysis from the director of
legislative services, the subcommittees may hold a meeting, which shall be
held within forty-two (42) days of receipt of the analysis. A meeting may be
called by the cochairmen or by two (2) or more members of the subcommittees
giving oral or written notice to the legislative services office within
fourteen (14) days of receipt of the analysis from the legislative services
office. Upon a finding of the same objection by a majority of the members of
the subcommittee of each house voting separately, an objection to a rule shall
be transmitted to the agency with a concise statement of the reasons for the
objection. A report of the joint subcommittee on each rule transmitted to it,
including a finding that there is no objection to the rule or that an
objection has been filed, shall be filed with the agency, transmitted to the
membership of the germane standing committees, and submitted to the next
regular session of the legislature.