Drafting Manual for Admininstrative Regulations

DRAFTING MANUAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS (PDF - 903K)

NEW - Ch. 42, SLA 2012: New Regulation Procedures Effective July 1, 2012 memo dated June 6, 2012 (PDF 57K)

The Admininstrative Regulations Drafting Manual is produced by the Legislation and Regulations Section of the Alaska Department of Law. If you have questions, please contact Deborah Behr at (907) 465-3600.

The Drafting Manual appendix includes forms needed for drafting administrative regulations and for preparing a final regulations package. As a convenience, links to individual appendix documents are provided below; these individual documents are in MS Word format, for downloading.

• APPENDIX A - AGENCY CHECKLIST: REGULAR REGS
• APPENDIX B - AGENCY CHECKLIST: EMERGENCY REGS
• APPENDIX C - SAMPLE REGULATIONS
• APPENDIX D - PUBLIC NOTICE
• APPENDIX D-2 - NON-NEWSPAPER NOTICE
• APPENDIX E - ADDITIONAL REG. NOTICE INFORMATION
• APPENDIX F - FISCAL NOTE
• APPENDIX G - AGENCY FILE OPENING REQUEST
• APPENDIX H - AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE
• APPENDIX I - AFFIDAVIT OF ORAL HEARING
• APPENDIX J - ADOPTION ORDER
• APPENDIX K - AFF. OF AGENCY RECORD OF PUBLIC COMMENT
• APPENDIX L - CERTIFICATION ORDER
• APPENDIX M - BOARD MINUTES
• APPENDIX N - STAFF AFFIDAVIT OF BOARD ACTION
• APPENDIX O - STANDING DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
• APPENDIX P - LIMITED DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
• APPENDIX Q - AGENCY REQUEST: FINAL REVIEW
• APPENDIX R - FINDING OF EMERGENCY/ADOPTION ORDER
• APPENDIX S - FINDING OF EMERGENCY/CERTIFICATION ORDER
• APPENDIX T - NOTICE OF ADOPTION: EMER. REGS.
• APPENDIX U - AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE: EMERGENCY REGS.
• APPENDIX V - CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE
• APPENDIX W - NOTICE OF AMENDED MAT'L ADOPTED BY REF.
• APPENDIX X - AFF. OF NOTICE OF AMENDED MAT'L ADOPTED BY REF.
• APPENDIX Y - AGENCY ATTY CHECKLIST: REGULAR REGS.
• APPENDIX Z - AGENCY ATTY CHECKLIST: EMERGENCY REGS.
• APPENDIX AA - ADOPTION ORDER FOR NON-APA REGS.
• APPENDIX BB - ORDER CERTIFYING THE CHANGES TO REGULATIONS
• APPENDIX CC - AK STATE LEGIS UNIFORM RULES
• APPENDIX DD - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH E-MAIL ADDRESSES

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