4-5-206 - Filing of rules. - Tennessee Statutes

4-5-206. Filing of rules.

(a)  It is the duty of the secretary of state to file the rules of each agency in a convenient and accessible manner. Each copy of a rule filed shall contain a citation of the authority pursuant to which it was adopted, and if an amendment, it shall clearly identify the original rule by rule number and title.

(b)  The secretary of state shall endorse on each copy of a rule or rules filed the time and date of filing and shall maintain a file of such rules for public inspection.

(c)  No rule shall be filed under this chapter unless it complies with § 4-5-211.

(d)  The secretary of state shall prescribe rules governing the manner and form in which regulations shall be prepared for filing. The secretary of state may refuse to accept for filing any rule that does not conform to such requirements.

[Acts 1974, ch. 725, § 4; 1975, ch. 370, § 10; 1978, ch. 895, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; Acts 1978, ch. 938, § 2; 1979, ch. 43, §§ 1, 2; 1979, ch. 200, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 4-510; modified; Acts 1980, ch. 550, § 1; 1980, ch. 758, § 1; 1981, ch. 42, §§ 1, 3; 1981, ch. 47, §§ 1, 4, 5; 1981, ch. 49, § 1; 1981, ch. 140, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-5-104(e)(2), (e)(3), (f); Acts 1982, ch. 874, § 14; 2009, ch. 566, §§ 8, 9.]