If, upon reviewing a proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee on agency rule review makes any of the following findings with regard to the proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee may recommend to the senate and house of representatives the adoption of a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed rule or revised proposed rule or a part thereof:

(A) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule exceeds the scope of its statutory authority.

(B) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule conflicts with the legislative intent of the statute under which it was proposed.

(C) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule conflicts with another proposed or existing rule.

(D) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule incorporates a text or other material by reference and :

(1) The accompanying citation is not such as reasonably would enable a reasonable person to whom the proposed rule or revised proposed rule applies readily and without charge to find and inspect the incorporated text or other material;

(2) The accompanying citation is not such as reasonably would enable the joint committee readily and without charge to find and inspect the incorporated text or other material, and the agency did not file or otherwise make the incorporated text or other material available without charge to the joint committee; or

(3) The agency has treated the proposed rule or revised proposed rule in whole or in part as exempt from sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code on grounds the incorporated text or other material has one or more of the characteristics described in division (B) of section 121.75 of the Revised Code, but the incorporated text or other material actually does not have any of those characteristics.

(E) The agency has failed to prepare a complete and accurate rule summary and fiscal analysis of the proposed rule or revised proposed rule as required by section 106.024 of the Revised Code.

(F) The agency has failed to demonstrate through the business impact analysis, recommendations from the common sense initiative office, and the memorandum of response that the regulatory intent of the proposed rule or revised proposed rule justifies its adverse impact on businesses in this state.

Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 221, §1, eff. 8/18/2019.

Added by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 3, §1, eff. 9/17/2014.

Related Legislative Provision: See 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 3, §10.

See 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 3, §4.