The following definitions supplement the definitions found in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act.
(a) "Initiate rulemaking" means to submit notice of the intent to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule, other than an interpretive rule or statement of general policy, to the Secretary of State's Office, the Legislative Service Office, and the Attorney General's Office, as required by W.S. 16-3-103(a)(i).
(b) "Preliminary rulemaking" is the rule development process that occurs at the Department prior to initiating rulemaking.
(c) "Preliminary rule" is a rule that the Department has not filed with the Council.
(d) "Proposed rule" is a rule that the Department has filed with the Council.
020-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-2
Amended, Eff. 4/24/2017.