Ariz. Admin. Code § R1-1-109 - Corrections

A. Agency Substantial Changes to Rules

1. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. An Agency shall make a substantial change to rules in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by filing a Notice of Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking as outlined under R1-1-507 and A.R.S. § 41-1022(E).

2. Notice of Expedited Rulemaking. An agency may correct, under expedited rulemaking, typographical errors, make address or name changes or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect under A.R.S. § 41-1027(A)(5) and as outlined under Article 8.

B. Office Corrections.

1. The Office may correct a manifest typographical or clerical error under A.R.S. § 41-1011(C).

2. The Office may request written documentation from an agency to clarify the correction.

a. The documentation shall be filed with a copy of the original rulemaking package.

b. The Office shall make and publish the corrections of the manifest typographical or clerical error in the next available issue of the Register or supplement to the Code under the published deadline schedule.

C. If, upon review, an issuing agency discovers an error in its rules as published in the Code or Register, the agency shall notify the Office in writing about the error.

1. If the error is substantive and was in the document as submitted by the agency, the agency shall go through the regular rulemaking process to correct the error.

2. If the error is a manifest typographical or clerical error, the agency shall follow the procedure in subsection (B), and the Office shall follow the procedure in subsection (D) to print the correction.

D. If the Office finds an error in the printing of a rulemaking package in the Register or Code or an agency notifies the Office about a manifest typographical or clerical error and follows the procedures specified in this Section, the Office shall correct the error in the next available issue of the Register or supplement to the Code if the Office determines that the error would confuse or mislead the reader. If the error would not confuse or mislead the reader or is in a note or heading not considered part of the rule, the Office shall correct the error and publish the correction in the next supplement to the Code.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R1-1-109

Adopted effective January 1, 1995; filed in the Office of the Secretary of State December 30, 1994 (Supp. 94-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 468, effective March 23, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 117, effective 12/29/2014.