Title 41, State Government

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agency" means any board, commission, department, officer or other administrative unit of this state, including the agency head and one or more members of the agency head or agency employees or other persons directly or i…

A. To ensure fair and open regulation by state agencies, a person: 1. Is eligible for reimbursement of fees and other expenses if the person prevails by adjudication on the merits against an agency in a court proceeding regarding an agency decision as provided in section 12-348. …

A. Before submitting an application for a license a person may request from the agency issuing the license a clarification of its interpretation or application of a statute, rule, delegation agreement or substantive policy statement affecting the person's preparation of the appli…

A. This article and articles 2 through 5 of this chapter apply to all agencies and all proceedings not expressly exempted. B. This chapter creates only procedural rights and imposes only procedural duties. They are in addition to those created and imposed by other statutes. To th…

A. An agency may not limit enrollment in any school or educational program of an institution of higher education. B. For the purposes of this section, "agency" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1001 but does not include the Arizona board of regents or any community co…

Each agency shall make rules of practice setting forth the nature and requirements of all formal procedures available to the public.

Except to the extent precluded by another provision of law, a person may waive any right conferred on that person by this chapter.

A. This chapter does not apply to any: 1. Rule that relates to the use of public works, including streets and highways, under the jurisdiction of an agency if the effect of the order is indicated to the public by means of signs or signals. 2. Order or rule of the Arizona game and…

A. Each state agency shall publish annually in the register, in the state directory and in a telephone directory for Maricopa county the name or names of those employees who are designated by the agency to assist members of the public or regulated community in seeking information…

A. Except as provided in section 32-3632 and section 42-2064, subsection F, a hearing officer or administrative law judge shall award fees and other costs to any prevailing party in a contested case or an appealable agency action brought pursuant to any state administrative heari…

A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, an agency shall not: 1. Charge or receive a fee or make a rule establishing a fee unless the fee for the specific activity is expressly authorized by statute or tribal state gaming compact. 2. Make a rule establishing a fee t…

A. An agency inspector, auditor or regulator who enters any premises of a regulated person for the purpose of conducting an inspection or audit shall, unless otherwise provided by law: 1. Present photo identification on entry of the premises. 2. On initiation of the inspection or…

Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall disclose the person's name during the course of reporting an alleged violation of law or rule. During the course of an investigation or enforcement action, the name of the complainant shall be a public record unless the affected agenc…

A. A party that appeals a final administrative decision to the superior court may bring the action in any proper venue. B. Unless otherwise provided by statute, the proper venue may include any of the following: 1. The county where the plaintiff, claimant or appellant resides. 2.…

A. The secretary of state shall prepare and publish the code and register. B. The secretary of state shall prescribe a uniform numbering system and have reasonable discretion to determine the form and style for rules filed with and published by the office. The secretary of state …

A. The code shall contain the full text of each final, expedited and emergency rule filed with the secretary of state and each exempt rule filed with the secretary of state to be published pursuant to a statutory exemption from the applicability of this chapter. The secretary of …

A. The secretary of state shall electronically publish the register at least once each month and include the contents listed under subsection B of this section. The secretary of state shall publish the notices that are filed with the secretary of state during the preceding thirty…

The secretary of state shall publish on its website any final rule of the department of child safety within ten days after the final rule is filed with the secretary of state.

A. Each agency shall establish and maintain a current, public rule making docket for each pending rule making proceeding. A rule making proceeding is pending from the time the agency begins to consider proposing the rule under section 41-1022 until any one of the following occurs…

An agency may include a diagram, example, table, chart or formula in a rule, preamble, economic impact, small business and consumer impact statement or concise explanatory statement to the extent that it assists in making the document understandable by the persons affected by the…

A. On or before December 1 of each year, each agency, except for a self-supporting regulatory board as defined in section 41-1092, shall prepare and make available to the public the regulatory agenda that the agency expects to follow during the next calendar year. B. The regulato…

A. An agency shall prepare a notice of proposed rulemaking to make, amend, renumber or repeal a rule. The agency shall follow formatting guidelines prescribed by the secretary of state in the preparation of the notice. The agency shall file the notice with the secretary of state.…

A. After providing notice of docket openings, an agency may meet informally with any interested party for the purpose of discussing the proposed rule making action. The agency may solicit comments, suggested language or other input on the proposed rule. The agency may publish not…

A. An agency may not submit a rule to the council until the rule making record is closed. B. Within one hundred twenty days after the close of the record on the proposed rule making, an agency shall take one of the following actions: 1. Submit the rule to the council or, if the r…

A. An agency may not submit a rule to the council that is substantially different from the proposed rule contained in the notice of proposed rule making or a supplemental notice filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 41-1022. However, an agency may terminate a rule…

A. If an agency makes a finding that a rule is necessary as an emergency measure, the rule may be made, amended or repealed as an emergency measure, without the notice prescribed by sections 41-1021 and 41-1022 and prior review by the council, if the rule is first approved by the…

A. If a delegating agency makes a written finding that a delegation agreement is necessary as an emergency measure, the delegation agreement may be adopted, amended or terminated as an emergency measure, without complying with the public notice and participation provisions of thi…

A. An agency may conduct expedited rulemaking pursuant to this section if the rulemaking does not increase the cost of regulatory compliance, increase a fee or reduce procedural rights of persons regulated and does one or more of the following: 1. Amends or repeals rules made obs…

A. An agency may incorporate by reference in its rules, and without publishing the incorporated matter in full, all or any part of a code, standard, rule or regulation of an agency of the United States or of this state or a nationally recognized organization or association, if in…

A. An agency shall maintain an official rule making record for each rule it proposes by publication in the register of a notice of proposed rule making and each final rule filed in the office of the secretary of state. The record and matter incorporated by reference must be avail…

A. A rule is invalid unless it is consistent with the statute, reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of the statute and is made and approved in substantial compliance with sections 41-1021 through 41-1029 and articles 4, 4.1 and 5 of this chapter, unless otherwise provide…

A. Following the filing of a rule made pursuant to an exemption to this chapter or following approval and filing of a rule and preamble and an economic, small business and consumer impact statement by the council as provided in article 5 of this chapter or by the attorney general…

A. A rule filed pursuant to section 41-1031 becomes effective sixty days after a certified original and two copies of the rule and preamble are filed in the office of the secretary of state and the time and date are affixed as provided in section 41-1031, unless the rule making a…

A. Any person may petition an agency to do either of the following: 1. Make, amend or repeal a final rule. 2. Review an existing agency practice or substantive policy statement that the petitioner alleges to constitute a rule. B. An agency shall prescribe the form of the petition…

A. Any person who is or may be affected by a rule may obtain a judicial declaration of the validity of the rule by filing an action for declaratory relief in the superior court in Maricopa county in accordance with title 12, chapter 10, article 2. B. Any person who is or may be a…

If an agency proposes a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule which may have an impact on small businesses, the agency shall consider each of the methods described in this section for reducing the impact of the rule making on small businesses. The agency shall reduce the i…

Only the reasons contained in the preamble may be used by any party as justifications for the making of the rule in any proceeding in which its validity is at issue.

A. If an agency proposes a new rule or an amendment to an existing rule that requires the issuance of a regulatory permit, license or agency authorization, the agency shall use a general permit if the facilities, activities or practices in the class are substantially similar in n…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, an agency may not adopt any new rule that would increase existing regulatory restraints or burdens on the free exercise of property rights or the freedom to engage in an otherwise lawful business or occupation unless the rule is either of the fol…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency may not conduct any rulemaking, including regular, expedited, informal, formal, emergency or exempt rulemaking, without prior written approval of the governor. In seeking approval, a state agency shall address any of the following …

A. The attorney general shall review rules that are exempt pursuant to section 41-1057. B. Rules that are exempt pursuant to section 41-1057 shall not be filed with the secretary of state unless the attorney general approves the rule as: 1. To form. 2. Clear, concise and understa…

A. The administrative rules oversight committee is established. The committee has oversight over any rules except those rules exempted by section 41-1005. B. The committee consists of the following eleven members: 1. Five members of the house of representatives who are appointed …

The committee may review any proposed or final rule, expedited rule, agency practice alleged to constitute a rule or substantive policy statement for conformity with statute and legislative intent. The committee may hold hearings on whether a proposed or final rule, expedited rul…

A. The committee shall receive complaints concerning statutes, rules, agency practices alleged to constitute rules and substantive policy statements that are alleged to be duplicative or onerous. The committee may review any statutes, rules, agency practices alleged to constitute…

A. The governor's regulatory review council is established consisting of four members who are appointed by the governor, one member who is not a legislator and who is appointed by the president of the senate, one member who is not a legislator and who is appointed by the speaker …

A. Before filing a final rule subject to this section with the secretary of state, an agency shall prepare, transmit to the council and the committee and obtain the council's approval of the rule and its preamble and economic, small business and consumer impact statement that mee…

A. After receipt of the expedited rule package from the agency, the council shall place the expedited rule on its consent agenda for approval unless a member of the council or the committee requests a hearing. B. If a hearing is requested, the council shall act on the expedited r…

A. The economic, small business and consumer impact summary in the preamble shall include: 1. An identification of the proposed rule making, including all of the following: (a) The conduct and its frequency of occurrence that the rule is designed to change. (b) The harm resulting…

A. At least once every five years, each agency shall review all of its rules, including rules made pursuant to an exemption from this chapter or any part of this chapter, to determine whether any rule should be amended or repealed. The agency shall prepare and obtain council appr…

A. Within two years after a rule is finalized, a person who is or may be affected by the rule may file a written petition with an agency objecting to all or part of a rule on any of the following grounds: 1. The actual economic, small business or consumer impact significantly exc…