Two other related proposed rules to implement the 1997 regulatory approach to tissues and cells have already been finalized.

The camps have been forming since November, when the agency began holding hearings on its proposed rules.

The commission typically approves proposed rules with only minor modifications.

Two proposed rules are central to the approach.

He supports the proposed rules, but said the timetable for reductions should be accelerated and brought more in line with other states.

The budget office traditionally reviews proposed rules for cost-effectiveness and consistency with other regulations.

It did not say how, if at all, it would change proposed rules released in May 2002.

"The current proposed rules for the auction are clearly unfair," he says.

They said that in September, the commission would issue proposed rules for the nomination of directors by shareholders.

"This proposed rule brings us back to where we were 10 years ago in terms of health insurance."