Subdivision 1. Cost thresholds. An agency must determine if the cost of complying with a proposed rule in the first year after the rule takes effect will exceed $25,000 for: (1) any one business that has less than 50 full-time employees; or (2) any one statutory or home rule charter city that has less than ten full-time employees. For purposes of this section, "business" means a business entity organized for profit or as a nonprofit, and includes an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative.
Subd. 2. Agency determination. An agency must make the determination required by subdivision 1 before the close of the hearing record, or before the agency submits the record to the administrative law judge if there is no hearing. The administrative law judge must review and approve or disapprove the agency determination under this section.
Subd. 3. Legislative approval required. If the agency determines that the cost exceeds the threshold in subdivision 1, or if the administrative law judge disapproves the agency's determination that the cost does not exceed the threshold in subdivision 1, any business that has less than 50 full-time employees or any statutory or home rule charter city that has less than ten full-time employees may file a written statement with the agency claiming a temporary exemption from the rules. Upon filing of such a statement with the agency, the rules do not apply to that business or that city until the rules are approved by a law enacted after the agency determination or administrative law judge disapproval.
Subd. 4. Exceptions. (a) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the administrative law judge approves an agency's determination that the legislature has appropriated money to sufficiently fund the expected cost of the rule upon the business or city proposed to be regulated by the rule.
(b) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the administrative law judge approves an agency's determination that the rule has been proposed pursuant to a specific federal statutory or regulatory mandate.
(c) This section does not apply if the rule is adopted under section 14.388 or under another law specifying that the rulemaking procedures of this chapter do not apply.
(d) This section does not apply to a rule adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.
(e) Subdivision 3 does not apply if the governor waives application of subdivision 3. The governor may issue a waiver at any time, either before or after the rule would take effect, but for the requirement of legislative approval. As soon as possible after issuing a waiver under this paragraph, the governor must send notice of the waiver to the speaker of the house and the president of the senate and must publish notice of this determination in the State Register.
Subd. 5. Severability. If an administrative law judge determines that part of a proposed rule exceeds the threshold specified in subdivision 1, but that a severable portion of a proposed rule does not exceed the threshold in subdivision 1, the administrative law judge may provide that the severable portion of the rule that does not exceed the threshold may take effect without legislative approval.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 14 - 15A — State Agencies
Chapter 14 — Administrative Procedure
Section 14.001 — Statement Of Purpose.
Section 14.002 — State Regulatory Policy.
Section 14.03 — Nonapplicability.
Section 14.045 — Agencies; Limits On Penalties And Fines.
Section 14.05 — General Authority.
Section 14.055 — Rule Variances; Standards.
Section 14.056 — Rule Variances; Procedures.
Section 14.06 — Required Rules.
Section 14.08 — Approval Of Rule And Rule Form; Costs.
Section 14.09 — Petition For Adoption Of Rule.
Section 14.091 — Petition; Unit Of Local Government.
Section 14.101 — Advice On Possible Rules.
Section 14.111 — Farming Operations.
Section 14.116 — Notice To Legislature.
Section 14.125 — Time Limit On Authority To Adopt, Amend, Or Repeal Rules.
Section 14.126 — Committee Authority Over Rule Adoption.
Section 14.127 — Legislative Approval Required.
Section 14.128 — Effective Date For Rules Requiring Local Implementation.
Section 14.131 — Statement Of Need And Reasonableness.
Section 14.14 — Hearing On Rule.
Section 14.15 — Administrative Law Judge's Report.
Section 14.16 — Adoption Of Rule; Chief Administrative Law Judge; Filing Of Rule.
Section 14.18 — Publication Of Adopted Rule; Effective Date.
Section 14.19 — Deadline To Complete Rulemaking.
Section 14.20 — Approval Of Form.
Section 14.22 — Notice Of Proposed Adoption Of Rules.
Section 14.225 — Dual Notice Rules.
Section 14.23 — Statement Of Need And Reasonableness.
Section 14.24 — Modifications Of Proposed Rule.
Section 14.25 — Public Hearing.
Section 14.26 — Adoption Of Proposed Rule; Submission To Administrative Law Judge.
Section 14.27 — Publication Of Adopted Rule; Effective Date.
Section 14.28 — Approval Of Form.
Section 14.365 — Official Rulemaking Record.
Section 14.366 — Public Rulemaking Docket.
Section 14.37 — Effect Of Publication.
Section 14.38 — Effect Of Adoption Of Rules.
Section 14.381 — Unadopted Rules.
Section 14.385 — Effect Of Nonpublication Of Exempt Rules.
Section 14.386 — Procedure For Adopting Exempt Rules; Duration.
Section 14.388 — Good Cause Exemption.
Section 14.389 — Expedited Process.
Section 14.3895 — Process For Repealing Obsolete Rules.
Section 14.44 — Determination Of Validity Of Rule.
Section 14.45 — Rule Declared Invalid.
Section 14.46 — Publication In State Register.
Section 14.47 — Publication In Compiled Form.
Section 14.48 — Office Of Administrative Hearings.
Section 14.49 — Temporary Administrative Law Judges.
Section 14.50 — Hearings Before Administrative Law Judge.
Section 14.51 — Procedural Rules.
Section 14.52 — Court Reporters; Audio Recordings.
Section 14.53 — Costs Assessed.
Section 14.54 — Administrative Hearings Account.
Section 14.55 — Contracts With Political Subdivisions.
Section 14.56 — Employees Transferred.
Section 14.57 — Initiation; Decision; Agreement To Arbitrate.
Section 14.58 — Notice And Hearing.
Section 14.59 — Informal Disposition.
Section 14.60 — Evidence In Contested Case Hearings.
Section 14.61 — Final Decision In Contested Case.
Section 14.62 — Decisions, Orders.
Section 14.64 — Petition; Service.
Section 14.65 — Stay Of Decision; Stay Of Other Appeals.
Section 14.66 — Transmittal Of Record.
Section 14.67 — New Evidence, Hearing By Agency.