Bill Text: MS SB2866 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require agencies to solicit public comment in advance of filing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2866 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2866-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Sojourner
Senate Bill 2866
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-43-3.101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE AGENCIES TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE FILING A NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-43-3.101, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-43-3.101. (1) In
addition to seeking information by other methods, an agency, before filing of a
notice of proposed rule adoption under Section 25-43-3.103, * * * must solicit comments from the
public on * * *
the subject matter of possible rulemaking under active consideration
within the agency by causing notice to be filed with the Secretary of State for
publication in the administrative bulletin of the subject matter and indicating
where, when and how persons may comment.
(2) Each agency may also appoint committees of nonagency personnel or other members of the public to comment, before filing of a notice of proposed rule adoption under Section 25-43-3.103, on the subject matter of a possible rulemaking under active consideration within the agency. The membership of those committees must be filed with the Secretary of State for publication in the administrative bulletin.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
