Okla. Admin. Code § 655:10-7-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 655:10-7-1 - [Effective until 9/14/2025] Types of documents; inclusion in Code; excluded documents

(a)Rulemaking documents. Notice and rule documents published in the Register are legal instruments through which a rulemaking entity revises its existing rules, or enacts new rules.

(1)Notice documents. Notice documents announce an agency's intention to adopt rules or the agency's compliance with certain other steps in the rulemaking process. Notice documents are published in the Register but are not included in the Code. [See Part 5 of this Subchapter (relating to notice documents)]

(2)Rule documents. Rule documents announce final adoption of permanent rules [75:250.3(5); 75:308.1(A)] or adoption of emergency or preemptive rules [75:253; 75:250.6]. [See also Part 3 of this Subchapter (relating to rule documents)]

(A)Permanent, preemptive rules. Inclusion of a rule in the Code requires prior publication in a rule document in the Register as a finally adopted permanent rule or as an adopted preemptive rule that has been approved by the Governor.

(B)Emergency rules. Emergency rules are published in the Register but are not included in the Code.

(b)Miscellaneous documents, including executive orders and gubernatorial declarations. In addition to rulemaking documents, executive orders, gubernatorial declarations as described in 75 O.S., Section 308.3, and other miscellaneous documents expressly required by law [see (c) of this section] are published in the Register. Executive orders are published in both the Register and the Code.

(c)Excluded documents. Notices or other documents which are not expressly required by law to be published in the Register or the Code shall not be published in the Register or the Code.

Okla. Admin. Code § 655:10-7-1

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 24, September 1, 2015, eff. 9/11/2015

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 03, October 15, 2021, eff. 9/1/2021

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/11/2022

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 14, April 1, 2024, eff. 3/4/2024, exp. 9/14/2025 (Emergency)