Section 149. Format of state register


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  • 1. The state register shall be an
      eight and one-half by eleven inch booklet with three  holes  punched  in
      the  left  hand  margin to make such register suitable for storage in an
      eight and one-half by eleven inch loose-leaf binder.
        2. Each regular issue of the state register shall contain:
        (a) a table of contents;
        (b) a table which includes a general description of the identification
      number system, the alphanumeric abbreviation assigned to each agency and
      the symbol to denote the various types of notices  pursuant  to  article
      two of the state administrative procedure act;
        (c) a complete list of all public hearings to be conducted for which a
      notice  of  proposed  rule  making  has been published therein or in any
      previous issue of the state register. Such list shall  include  (i)  the
      agency which will conduct the public hearing; (ii) the date, time, place
      and  subject of such public hearing; and (iii) the identification number
      for the proposed rule  making  which  is  the  subject  of  such  public
      hearing;
        (d)  a  presentation  of notices, required by article two of the state
      administrative procedure act and not  already  published  in  the  state
      register, in a sequence that provides by agency (i) notices of emergency
      adoption,  (ii)  notices  of adoption, (iii) notices of expiration, (iv)
      notices of withdrawal, (v) notices of proposed rule making for  which  a
      public  hearing  is  scheduled, (vi) notices of proposed rule making for
      which no hearing is scheduled and (vii) notices of revised rule making;
        (e)  an  action  pending  index,  in  tabular  form,  by   agency   in
      alphabetical order, which shall identify all previously noticed proposed
      rules  for  which  the  secretary of state has not published a notice of
      expiration, of adoption or of withdrawal, and, with respect  to  a  rule
      defined  in  subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision two of
      section one hundred two of the state administrative procedure  act,  for
      which  the  secretary of state has not published a notice of adoption or
      withdrawal for one year after  the  publication  of  the  proposed  rule
      making  notice  or  two  years  if  such  notice has been renewed by the
      agency. Such action pending index shall include  a  description  of  the
      subject  and  purpose of the proposed rule and the identification number
      described in paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section.
        3. With respect to notices published in the state register pursuant to
      article two of the state administrative procedure act: (a)  each  notice
      of  proposed rule making shall be identified in the state register by an
      identification  number  which  shall  include  a  separate  alphanumeric
      abbreviation  to  identify  the  agency,  the  issue  number and year of
      publication of the state register, a consecutive number assigned by  the
      secretary of state to such notice, and a symbol denoting that the notice
      is for a proposed rule making;
        (b)  each  notice  of  expiration,  revised  rule  making, withdrawal,
      adoption or emergency adoption shall be identified by the identification
      number assigned to the notice  of  proposed  rule  making  to  which  it
      corresponds,  followed  by  a symbol denoting that such notice is for an
      expiration, withdrawal, adoption or emergency adoption;
        (c) if a notice of emergency adoption does not correspond to  a  prior
      notice  of proposed rule making, such notice of emergency adoption shall
      be assigned an identification number in accordance with paragraph (a) of
      this subdivision, except that the symbol shall denote that the notice is
      for an emergency adoption.