Article 21. Preparation of a Draft Normative Legal Act

Preparation of a draft normative legal act shall consist of the following stages:

consideration of a proposal for the preparation of a draft normative legal act and adoption of a decision on its preparation;

organizational, technical and financial support for the preparation of a draft normative legal act;

collection of materials and information necessary for the preparation of a draft normative legal act;

conducting a regulatory impact assessment;

substantiation of the expediency of establishing benefits and allocating funds from the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and state trust funds;

preparation of the text of the draft normative legal act;

conduct of a legal and other necessary expertise;

preparation of an explanatory note to the draft normative legal act outlining its concept.

Before developing a draft normative legal act of paramount economic and socio-political importance, information on its preparation shall be posted on the portal for the discussion of draft normative legal acts, and the draft normative legal act shall be developed taking into account the comments and (or) proposals received from the participants of the public discussions.

The draft normative legal act shall be prepared in the state language. If necessary, it can be translated into another language.

The time limits for the preparation and submission by the developer of a draft normative legal act, respectively, to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, cannot be set less than two months, if acts of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, resolutions of the chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic, the acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan do not set another time limit.

Special considerations with respect to the preparation of draft laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan and their submission to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be determined by the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan «On the procedure for preparing draft laws and their submission to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan» and «On Regulations of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan».