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Agencies, Boards and Commissions File Rulemaking Notices

Agencies file rulemaking notices with the Administrative Rules Division. The notices are issued a file number.

Notices are Published in the Register

Notices are published each Friday in a weekly issue of the Arizona Administrative Register. The file number is published with the notice.

An issue table of contents includes the types of notices published and pages numbers.

Each issue includes an index which provides all notices filed and published, listed by agency, board or commission. Section numbers and rulemaking actions are included in the index.

The compilation of a year's issues is considered one volume of the Register.

A certification verifies the authenticity of each Register posted on this site as it is released by the Office of the Secretary of State. The authenticated pdf of the Register includes an integrity mark with a certificate ID. Users should check the validity of the signature, especially if the pdf has been downloaded. If the digital signature is invalid it means the document's content has been compromised. This publication as released by the Office is the official version under Arizona law.

Questions about a published rule?

The Secretary of State is merely the filing office and publisher of Administrative rules. Therefore our office does not interpret or enforce rules.
For questions about rules, contact the agency that promulgated them. The contact information is published with the rulemaking notice and includes a name and phone number where the rulewriter can be reached.

Right to Petition an Agency

Any person, in a manner and form prescribed by the agency, may petition an agency to request the making of a final rule or a review of an existing agency practice or substantive policy statement that the petitioner alleges to constitute a rule. For more information, click here.

Right to Petition Governor's Regulatory Review Council

A.R.S. § 41-1033 provides that a person may petition Governor's Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) to request a review of a final rule based on the person's belief that the final rule does not meet requirements prescribed in A.R.S. § 41-1030 or whether an existing agency practice or substantive policy statement constitutes a rule. Contact the Council at (602) 542-2058 for more information. Governor's Regulatory Review Council website.