Request For Rule-Making - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 24.239

Sec. 39.

(1) Before initiating any changes or additions to rules, an agency shall electronically file with the office of regulatory reform a request for rule-making in a format prescribed by the office of regulatory reform. The request for rule-making shall include the following:

(a) The state or federal statutory or regulatory basis for the rule.

(b) The problem the rule intends to address.

(c) An assessment of the significance of the problem.

(2) An agency shall not proceed with the processing of a rule outlined in this chapter unless the office of regulatory reform has approved the request for rule-making.

(3) The office of regulatory reform shall record the receipt of all requests for rule-making on the internet and shall make electronic or paper copies of approved requests for rule-making available to members of the general public upon request.

(4) The office of regulatory reform shall immediately make available to the committee electronic copies of the request for rule-making submitted to the office of regulatory reform. On a weekly basis, the office of regulatory reform shall electronically provide to the committee a listing of all requests for rule-making approved or denied during the previous week. The committee shall electronically provide a copy of the approved and denied requests for rule-making, not later than the next business day after receipt of the notice from the office of regulatory reform, to members of the committee and to members of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives that deal with the subject matter of the proposed rule.