Committee reviews Liquor Commission emergency rule that reduces reporting to quarterly

The Administrative Rules Committee reviewed a Liquor Commission emergency rule that the agency amended to relax reporting frequencies for certain retailers.

Committee staff explained that an earlier emergency rule imposed monthly reporting requirements on convenience stores and grocery stores but that the implementation created a new emergency. The Liquor Commission repealed that emergency rule, changed reporting to quarterly on a rolling schedule, and reissued an emergency rule reflecting the new reporting cadence. The chair emphasized that because the reporting requirement changed from monthly to quarterly, the reissued emergency rule is not identical to the previous emergency rule and thus was permissible.

Committee members accepted the agency's change and there was no further action requested. The meeting then proceeded to adjournment.