How did the Legislative Regulation Review Committee originate?
The current LRRC was established in 1971 under the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act (UAPA) (1971, PA 854). This was not, however, the first assertion of the General Assembly’s authority to disapprove administrative regulations. As early as 1945, the secretary of the state was required to submit to each General Assembly all the regulations promulgated during the preceding biennium for its study (the legislature met biennially). Any regulation which the General Assembly disapproved was void and not reissued (CGSA, 1945 Supp. , 42h). In 1963, the first Interim Legislative Regulation Review Committee was established by statute (CGSA, 4-48a). This committee, which was bicameral and bipartisan, served as the model for the present committee. However, it met only during the interim and, following the original model, could only disapprove regulations that were already in force. Disapproval rendered the regulation void unless the full General Assembly reversed the committee’s action during i
