Arizona Administrative Code › Title 1 - RULES AND THE RULEMAKING PROCESS › Chapter 1 - SECRETARY OF STATE - RULES AND RULEMAKING › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R1-1-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the terms defined under A.R.S. §
									41-1001,
				  these words are defined for use in this Chapter unless the context otherwise
				  requires:
"Administrative Procedure Act," "APA," or "Act" means
				  Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Chapter 6, Administrative Procedure.
"Agency" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1001.
"Amend" means to change, correct, or revise some but not all
				  text in any Section, Part, Article, Subchapter or Chapter.
"Appendix" means supplementary material to a set of rules,
				  written in prose format.
"
Arizona Administrative Code"
or
				  "
Code
" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1001(2).
				  It contains "the
full text of each final rule filed with the secretary
				  of state and each rule made pursuant to a statutory exemption..."
A.R.S. §
									41-1012(A)
"
Arizona Administrative Register"
or
				  "
Register
" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1001(17).
				  The
Register
contains rulemaking documents and public records
				  as listed in A.R.S. §
									41-1013(B)
				   et seq.
"
Arizona Rulemaking Manual"
means the
				  state's rulemaking handbook. It is prepared by the Office as a guide to Arizona
				  rulemaking.
"A.R.S." means the Arizona Revised Statutes, a reference to
				  the laws of the state of Arizona.
"Article" means a division of rules under a
Code
Chapter that contains a unified set of rules.
"Authority" means the statutory right or power to make,
				  amend, or repeal rules.
"Authority note or notes" means an agency's implementing and
				  authorizing statutes to make, amend, or repeal rules. An agency may request an
				  authority note be published at the beginning of a
Code
Chapter, Subchapter, Article, or Part under
				  R1-1-407.
"Chapter" means a division of the
Code
,
				  under a Title, that is numbered by the Office and named after a an agency or
				  agency's program.
"Close of record" means the last date and time an agency
				  accepts comments on a Public Record relating to a rulemaking.
"
Code
" means the
Arizona
				  Administrative Code
.
"Codification" means the collection and systematic
				  arrangement, by subject, in the
Code
of the rules that govern
				  a specific area or subject of law or practice. "Commercial purpose" has the
				  same meaning as A.R.S. §
									39-121.03.
"Economic, Small Business, and Consumer Impact Statement" has
				  the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1055.
				  It is prepared by an agency and filed with an agency's rulemaking
				  package.
"Electronic media" or "electronic medium" means the
				  distribution format for data storage used on a computer. This includes: floppy
				  disks, CDs, DVDs, and flash (thumb) drives.
"Emergency rule" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1001(7).
"Exempt rule" means a rule that is exempt from the provisions
				  of the Act. Exempt rule does not include a rule that is exempt only from
				  Council review.
"Exhibit" means supplementary material used for items that do
				  not fit the definition of an Appendix, Table, or Illustration.
" Governor's Regulatory Review Council," or "Council" has the
				  same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1051.
"Heading" means the title for any level of division in the
Code
.
"Historical note" means information published by the Office
				  after each Section, Appendix, Exhibit, Illustration, or Table in a Chapter. The
				  historical note provides the history of that Section, Appendix, Exhibit,
				  Illustration, or Table, and includes:
The rulemaking action,
The
Register
citation where the rulemaking
				  was published,
The rule effective date, and
The
Code
Supplement number in which the
				  Section, Appendix, Exhibit, Illustration, or Table was published.
"Illustration" means supplementary material used for
				  diagrams, pictures, and other graphics.
"Label" means the number or letter assigned to a
Code
division and its subsections. A label is used to identify
				  a
Code
division or subsection.
"Notice form" means a form prescribed by the Office and used
				  to file documents for publication.
"Office" means the Department of State, Office of the
				  Secretary of State, Public Services Division.
"Other documents" means a record or other information
				  required by statute to be printed in the
Register
not listed
				  under
				  R1-1-103(E).
"Part" means a division of the
Code
between
				  Article and Section.
"Preamble" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-1001(15).
"Public record," for purposes of this Chapter, means a record
				  that a governmental unit is required by law to retain or that is necessary to
				  keep in discharge of duties imposed by law. Public records include filed
				  rulemaking documents and the rules published in either the
Code
or the
Register
.
"
Register
" means the
Arizona
				  Administrative Register
.
"Renumber" means to change the numbers of one or more
				  Sections in their entirety. Renumbering does not include changing the labels of
				  subsections within a Section.
"Repeal" means to rescind and remove a Chapter heading,
				  Subchapter heading, Part heading, Article heading, or a Section and its heading
				  in its entirety. .
"Rule"
has the same meaning as in A.R.S.
				  §
									41-1001(18).
"Rulemaking" or "rulemaking process" has the same meaning as
				  in A.R.S. §
									41-1001(19).
"Rulemaking action" or "action" means: Repeal, Renumber,
				  Amend, and New Section (or Article). Only one rulemaking action shall be listed
				  per line in a preamble.
"Rulemaking activity" means an agency is actively engaged in
				  rulemaking.
"Rulemaking package" or "rulemaking documents" means a
				  collection of receipts, certificates, notices, rules, and rule-related
				  documents (for example, a copy of a letter or e-mail from the governor stating
				  an agency may proceed with a rulemaking under a rulemaking moratorium executive
				  order) filed with the Office .
"Section" means an individual rule that is a unit of an
				  Article or Part.
"Section number" means the letter-number combination assigned
				  to a Section.
"Subchapter" means a
Code
division between
				  a Chapter and Article.
"Subsection" means a paragraph in a Section.
"Supplement" means a quarterly
Code
release.
"Table" means supplementary material organized in a
				  systematic arrangement by columns and rows.
"Title" means a subject area in the codification of the
Code
.