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§29A-3-1. Rules to Be Promulgated Only in Accordance With This Article

In addition to other rule-making requirements imposed by law and except to the extent specifically exempted by the provisions of this chapter or other applicable law, and except as provided for in article three-a of this chapter, every rule and regulation (including any amendment of or rule to repeal any other rule) shall be promulgated […]

§29A-3-10. Creation of a Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee

(a) There is hereby created a joint committee of the Legislature, known as the legislative rule-making review committee, to review all legislative rules of the several agencies and such other rules as the committee deems appropriate. The committee shall be composed of six members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and […]

§29A-3-12. Submission of Legislative Rules to Legislature

(a) No later than 40 days before the sixtieth day of each regular session of the Legislature, the cochairmen of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee shall submit to the clerk of the respective houses of the Legislature copies of all proposed legislative rules which have been submitted to, and considered by, the committee pursuant to […]

§29A-3-13. Adoption of Legislative Rules; Effective Date

(a) Except as the Legislature may by law otherwise provide, within sixty days after the effective date of an act authorizing promulgation of a legislative rule, the agency shall promulgate the rule in conformity with the provisions of law authorizing and directing the promulgation of the rule. In the case of a rule proposed by […]

§29A-3-14. Withdrawal or Modification of Proposed Rules

(a) Any legislative rule proposed by an agency may be withdrawn by the agency any time before passage of a law authorizing or authorizing and directing its promulgation, but no such action shall be construed to affect the validity, force or effect of a law enacted authorizing or authorizing and directing the promulgation of an […]

§29A-3-15. Emergency Legislative Rules; Procedure for Promulgation; Definition

(a) Any agency with authority to propose legislative rules may, without hearing, find that an emergency exists requiring that an emergency rule be promulgated and promulgate the emergency rule in accordance with this section. The agency shall file the emergency rule, together with a statement of the facts and circumstances constituting the emergency and a […]

§29A-3-16. Legislative Review of Procedural Rules, Interpretive Legislative Rules

(a) The Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee may, with the assistance of the Legislative Auditor's Office, review any procedural rule, interpretive rule or existing legislative rule to determine if the rule is achieving its purpose, and based on its determination, if the rule should be continued, amended or repealed. (b) Following the review, the Legislative Rule-Making […]

§29A-3-17. Prior Rules

Any rule lawfully promulgated prior to the effective date of this chapter shall remain in full force and effect until: (1) Such rule is expressly made ineffective by the provisions of this chapter, or

§29A-3-18. Severability of Legislative Rules

Unless there is a provision in a legislative rule specifying that the provisions thereof shall not be severable, the provisions of every legislative rule, whether enacted before or subsequent to the effective date of this section, shall be severable so that if any provision of any rule section or amendment thereto is held to be […]

§29A-3-19. Sunset Provision in Rules

(a) Any new legislative rule promulgated pursuant to this article after April 1, 2016, shall include a sunset provision terminating the rule on August 1 of the fifth year following its promulgation: Provided, That the rule may be renewed by the Legislature pursuant to the rule-making procedures and authority in this article: Provided, however, That […]

§29A-3-1b. Rules of the Tax Department

Notwithstanding the provisions of section eight, article two of this chapter, the Tax Commissioner may reproduce the same in his state tax bulletin and may, upon request, distribute copies of the proposed or emergency rule after such proposed or emergency rule has been filed in the state register and may charge a reasonable fee in […]

§29A-3-2. Limitations on Authority to Exercise Rule-Making Power

(a) Except when, and to the extent, that this chapter or any other provision of law now or hereafter made expressly exempts an agency, or a particular grant of the rule-making power, from the provisions of this article, every grant of rule-making authority to an executive or administrative officer, office or agency, heretofore provided, shall […]

§29A-3-3. Rules of Procedure Required

In addition to other rule-making requirements imposed by law: (a) Each agency shall adopt procedural rules governing the formal and informal procedures prescribed or authorized by this chapter. Procedural rules shall include rules of practice before the agency, together with forms and instructions. (b) To assist interested persons dealing with it, each agency, shall so […]

§29A-3-5. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

When an agency proposes to promulgate a rule other than an emergency rule, it shall file with the Secretary of State, for publication in the State Register, a notice of its action, including therein any request for the submission of evidence to be presented on any factual determinations or inquiries required by law to promulgate […]