Administrative Rule Review Report  #AR09-054

Legislative Service Office

15-Sep-09

AGENCY: Department of Administration & Information, Human Resources Division

DATE SUBMITTED: September 2, 2009.

SUBJECT: Chapter 1, General Provisions, State of Wyoming Personnel Rules.

NATURE OF RULES:                     Legislative and procedural.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:         W.S. 9-2-1022(a)(xi).

DETERMINATION OF PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE BASED UPON INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE AGENCY TO LSO:  Apparently complete to date.  Notice of the proposed adoption of new rules was provided by the LSO as required by W.S. 28-9-103(d).  No comments have been received to date.

SUMMARY OF RULES:        The Department of Administration and Information, Human Resources Division, is statutorily charged with promulgating personnel rules for the executive branch, W.S. 9-2-1022(a)(xi).  These amendments to Chapter 1 are non-substantive grammatical and typographical corrections.  They were originally proposed along with Chapters 2 through 12 (which were previously adopted by the agency on July 28, 2009 and reviewed in Administrative Rule Review AR09-44).  The Agency's Statement of Reasons provides an accurate and complete description of the rule changes. 

FINDINGS:     The rules appear to be within the scope of statutory authority and legislative intent.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:         That the rules be placed on the Consent List and be approved by the Council as submitted by the Agency.

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Gerald W. Laska

Staff Attorney

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Lynda G. Cook

Staff Attorney

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