Compiling the Rule Package Sample Clauses

Compiling the Rule Package for GRRC Consideration. A rule package submitted to GRRC must include the following items: (1) the preamble; (2) the exact words of the rule; and (3) the economic, small business, and consumer impact statement. A.R.S. 11.7.9.1.1 The Preamble. Subsection § 41-1001(15) lists the information that must be included in the preamble. This Chapter discusses the preamble at Section 11.7.3.3. 1. Who is being helped or hurt by the rule? 2. What does the rule do to the affected community? What effects are projected? 3. Where is the population of the affected community located? 4. Why is the rule being created? Does it address a problem raised by other rules? 5. When will the rules be effective? A.R.S. §41-1055(A) requires an agency to provide an economic, small business and consumer impact summary in the preamble. The summary need not restate the EIS verbatim, or even comprehensively address all of the information in the EIS. See A.R.S. § 41-1055(A). The summary must include all of the following: 1. The conduct and its frequency of occurrence that the rule is designed to change. 2. The harm resulting from the conduct the rule is designed to change and the likelihood it will continue to occur if the rule is not changed. 3. The estimated change in frequency of the targeted conduct expected from the rule change. 4. A brief summary of the information included in the economic, small business and consumer impact statement. 5. If the economic, small business and consumer impact summary accompanies a proposed rule or a proposed summary rule, the name and address of agency employees who may be contacted to submit or request additional data on the information included in the economic, small business and consumer impact statement. There is no format required of an EIS. Agencies, however, should follow the outline in A.R.S. § 41-1055 (B), which requires: 1. An identification of the proposed rule-making. 2. An identification of the persons who will be directly affected by, bear the costs of, or directly benefit from the proposed rule-making. 3. A cost-benefit analysis of the following: (a) The probable costs and benefits to the implementing agency and other agencies directly affected by the implementation and enforcement of the proposed rule-making. The probable costs to the implementing agency shall include the numbers of new full-time employees necessary to implement and enforce the proposed rule. The preparer of the economic, small business and consumer impact statement shall n...