§ 311a.4. Delivery of a final regulation within 20 days before the end of the legislative session.
(a) An agency may deliver a final regulation to the Commission and the committees up to the end of the legislative session.
(b) If the end of the legislative session occurs before the committees have had at least 20 days to review the regulation, the agency shall redeliver the final regulation and required material to the Commission and committees in the next legislative session.
(c) The agency may not redeliver the final regulation and required material to the Commission and the committees until the fourth Monday in January of the next year or until both committees have been designated in the next legislative session, whichever is later.
(d) If the agency does not redeliver the final regulation on the fourth Monday in January or by the second Monday after the publication of both committee designations in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, whichever is later, the regulation shall be deemed withdrawn. If the agency wants to promulgate the regulation after the regulation has been deemed withdrawn, the agency may submit one of the following:
(1) A new proposed regulation to the Commission, committees and the LRB in accordance with section 5(a) of the act (71 P.S. § 745.5(a)) and § 305.1 (relating to delivery of a proposed regulation).
(2) A new final-form regulation to the Commission and the committees in accordance with section 5.1(a) of the act (71 P.S. § 745.5a(a)) and § 307.2 (relating to delivery of a final-form regulation).
(3) A final-omitted regulation to the Commission, the committees and the Attorney General in accordance with section 5.1(c) of the act and § 307.3 (relating to delivery of a final-omitted regulation).
Source The provisions of this § 311a.4 amended April 13, 2018, effective April 14, 2018, 48 Pa.B. 2126. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (330928) to (330929).
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