Section 1-3 - Agency, Program, Chapter Modifications (a) Agencies create and name their own programs and chapters within programs.
(b) It is the promulgating agency's responsibility to ensure that programs and their related chapters of rules maintain similar subject matter content.
(c) Programs may: - (i) Be moved from one agency to another due to statutory changes or reorganization of government.
- (A) The current rule chapters of a program being moved shall be repealed by filing a Proposed Rule Packet; and
- (B) The current rule chapters shall be new rules filed under the surviving agency and program.
- (ii) Have their rules repealed and a new program created if programs merge, are changed, or if such change would create efficiency for the agency or reduce numbers or length of rules.
- (A) The current rule chapters of a program being changed shall be repealed by filing a Proposed Rules Packet; and
- (B) Proposed rules shall be filed under the surviving program clearly setting forth the program and chapter changes.
(d) Once a chapter number has been repealed, it cannot be reused.
(e) Agencies may reserve chapter numbers for future use by utilizing the regular rule making process.