Minnesota Rulemaking

A Manual for the Practitioner

The Minnesota Rulemaking Manual was first issued on June 17, 1996, and has since been revised annually. Revisions have been based on suggestions and corrections found during previous years of its use and also on recent legislative activity.

2009 Manual

• 2009 Minnesota Rulemaking Manual (PDF: 1.81MB/338 pages)
  A reference book for drafting state agency administrative rules in Minnesota.
  
  
• Minnesota Rulemaking Manual - Chapters and Forms
  Word files of chapters and forms.

14th Annual Minnesota Rulemaking Seminar - September 16, 2009

Presentations and handouts (Current as of 9/9/09, check back for Manual and additional handouts)

14th Annual Minnesota Rulemaking Seminar Announcement

Agenda (PDF: 9KB/1 page)

Maryann Corbett, Revisor's Office

• Working with the Revisor’s Office presentation (PDF: 129KB/43 pages)
• Working with the Revisor's Office handout (Word: 107KB/28 pages)
• Clarity in Rule Writing:Basic Drafting Techniques (PDF: 112KB/32 pages)*
• Clarity in Rule Writing:Avoiding Ambiguity and Vagueness (PDF: 181KB/66 pages)*
• A long sentence, with subject and verb separated by long modifier (PDF: 12KB/3 pages)
  
  *To view the presentation notes, place your curser over the notes icon on the upper-left corner of the screen.

Beth Carlson and Helen Rubenstein

• Chapter 10 - Summary of Process Steps - EXEMPT PERMANENT Rules under Minn. Stat., sec. 14.386 (PDF: 18KB/1 page)
• Chapter 11 - Summary of Process Steps - GOOD CAUSE EXEMPT Rules under Minn. Stat., sec. 14.388 (PDF: 22KB/ 1 page)
• Chapter 12 - Summary of Process Steps - EXPEDITED PERMANENT Rules under Minn. Stat., sec. 14.389 (PDF: 22KB/1 page)
• Memo to Request for Approval of Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter --- [Title of Rules] (PDF: 29KB/4 pages)
• Overview of Exempt and Expedited Rules Process (refer to Rulemaking Manual for further guidance) (PDF: 34KB/1 page)*
  *This document requires 11x17 inch paper for printing.

Eric Lipman

• Remarks from the Office of Administrative Hearings (PDF: 327KB/16 pages)
  

Laura Schlatter

• An Audience Guide: Annotations to "Wait! Wait! What's Wrong with this Picture? A Rulemaking Training Skit" (PDF: 14KB/3 pages)
• Top 10 Best Practices for your Rulemaking Hearing (PDF: 11KB/1 page)

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