Tennessee § 4-5-215 - Stay of effective date of rules.

§ 4-5-215. Stay of effective date of rules.

Prior to the effective date of the rule, the agency proposing the rule may stay the running of the ninety-day period required by § 4-5-207 for a period of time not to exceed seventy-five (75) days. The stay shall become effective at such time as the agency files written notice with the secretary of state and shall specify the length of the effectiveness of the stay. The secretary of state may require the online submission of the notice of stay or related filings filed pursuant to this part. Prior to the expiration of the stay, the stay may be withdrawn by the agency. Withdrawal or expiration of the stay shall reactivate the running of the balance of the ninety-day period that remained upon the date the stay was filed. Prior to the effective date of a rule, the house of representatives or senate government operations committee may stay the running of the ninety-day period required by § 4-5-207 for a period of time not to exceed seventy-five (75) days. Such stay shall become effective at such time as the committee files written notice with the secretary of state and shall specify the length of effectiveness of the stay. Prior to the expiration date of the stay, such stay may be withdrawn by the committee. Withdrawal or expiration of the stay shall reactivate the running of the balance of the ninety-day period that remained upon the date the stay was filed. Acts 1974, ch. 725, § 4; 1975, ch. 370, § 10; 1978, ch. 895, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; Acts 1978, ch. 938, § 2; 1979, ch. 43, §§ 1, 2; 1979, ch. 200, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 4-510; modified; Acts 1980, ch. 550, § 1; 1980, ch. 758, § 1; 1981, ch. 42, §§ 1, 3; 1981, ch. 47, §§ 1, 4, 5; 1981, ch. 49, § 1; 1981, ch. 140, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-5-104(j) ; Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 24; 1991, ch. 266, § 1; 1993, ch. 316, § 2; 1995, ch. 546, § 2; 2009, ch. 566, § 14; 2015, ch. 502, §§ 2, 3; 2016, ch. 576, § 5. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2009, ch. 566, § 25 provided that the act shall apply to all rules and regulations filed with the secretary of state after July 1, 2009. Amendments. The 2015 amendment substituted “seventy-five (75)” for “sixty (60)” at the end of the first sentence of (b) and substituted “ninety-day” for “seventy-five-day” in the first and last sentences of (b). The 2016 amendment in (a) substituted “the” for “a” preceding “rule” at the beginning of the first sentence, added the current third sentence and deleted “date” following “expiration” at the beginning of the fourth sentence. Effective Dates. Acts 2015, ch. 502, § 10. July 1, 2015. Acts 2016, ch. 576, § 9. July 1, 2016. Law Reviews. Adding It Up: Implications of Tennessee's New High School Transition Policy and Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities (Kenlyn Foster-Spence), 76 Tenn. L. Rev. 447 (2009).