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ID H0567
Bill
Status
2/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 67-5250, Idaho Code, to revise the definition and scope of agency guidance documents
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Defines "agency guidance" as written documents other than rules, orders, and pre-decisional material intended to guide agency actions affecting rights or interests of persons outside the agency
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Includes memoranda, manuals, policy statements, interpretations of law or rules, and other material of general applicability as agency guidance, whether prepared by the agency alone or jointly with others
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Requires agencies to index all agency guidance documents by subject and make them available for public inspection and copying at cost in main and regional/district offices
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Prohibits agencies from following or applying any statement in agency guidance that meets the definition of a "rule" unless the statement is first adopted as a rule through the rulemaking process
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to administrative procedures; to revise the type of materials that shall constitute agency guidance; and to provide that any statement in an agency guidance document that meets the definition of a "rule" as specified by law shall not be followed or applied until the statement is adopted as a rule through the rulemaking process.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
Last Action
to St Aff
2/21/2012