House Bill 590 Summary

• Authorizes agencies to make technical corrections to rules without notice or public hearing when changing contact information, correcting typographical errors, or responding to Commission requests, with the Codifier of Rules empowered to revise rule form for similar technical purposes.

• Clarifies that parties disputing agency actions are not required to petition for rule-making or seek declaratory rulings before commencing contested case proceedings or obtaining judicial review.

• Amends the periodic rule review process by revising definitions of "necessary" and "unnecessary" rules and requiring public comments to address specific rule substance and Commission review standards to have merit.

• Requires rules determined unnecessary with no meaningful public comment to expire on the first day of the month following Commission report effectiveness, while rules with substantive public interest must be readopted as new rules.

• Exempts rules adopted to conform to or implement federal law and rules protecting retirement system members' rights from expiring under the periodic review process.