Report On Oversight Activities Of The Joint Committee On Administrative Rules And Regulations Jcarr PDF Download

"Since 1939 (L. 1939, Ch. 308), the Kansas statutes have provided for legislative oversight of agency rules and regulations. For more than 40 years, that oversight generally allowed the Legislature to reject, modify, or revoke an administrative rule and regulation. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations was formed in 1977, to review all filed rules and regulations and to recommend to the Legislature whether to amend, revoke, or reject the regulations reviewed. In 1984, the Kansas Supreme Court found provisions allowing the Legislature to rewrite or reject administrative rules and regulations to be unconstitutional (State, ex rel. Stephan v. Kansas House of Representatives, 236 Kan 45)"--Introduction