Section 25-4-111 Adoption, etc., of general rules and regulations. - Alabama Statutes

Section 25-4-111

Adoption, etc., of general rules and regulations.

General rules interpreting or applying this chapter and affecting all, or classes of, employers, or other employing units, shall be adopted by the director only after a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least once, not less than 10 days prior thereto in daily newspapers published in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Mobile, Alabama, and in such other newspaper or newspapers as the director may prescribe. Prior to such hearing the director shall furnish to any person upon his application therefor a copy of the proposed general rules to be considered at the hearing. Such general rules shall, upon adoption by the director, be filed with the Secretary of State and, subject to the provisions of Section 25-4-112, shall take legal effect 10 days thereafter, unless a later date is specified by the director, which rules may be amended or repealed in the same manner as is above provided for their adoption. The director shall by general rule prescribe the manner in which regulations may be adopted, amended, or rescinded.

(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §228.)