MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Parks
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-43-3.108, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS FOR WHICH A TEMPORARY RULE MAY BE EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-43-3.108, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-43-3.108. Exemption from public rule-making procedures for temporary rules.
If an agency finds that an
imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare requires adoption of a
rule upon fewer than twenty-five (25) days' notice and states in writing its
reasons for that finding, it may proceed without prior notice of hearing or
upon any abbreviated notice and hearing that it finds practicable to adopt an
emergency rule. The rule may be effective for a period of not longer than * * * ninety (90)
days, renewable once for a period not exceeding * * * sixty (60) days, but the
adoption of an identical rule under * * * this Article
III is not precluded.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.