§ 150B-21.20. Codifier's authority to revise form of rules.
§ 150B‑21.20. Codifier's authority to reviseform of rules.
(a) Authority. After consulting with the agency that adoptedthe rule, the Codifier of Rules may revise the form of a rule submitted forinclusion in the North Carolina Administrative Code within 10 business daysafter the rule is submitted to do one or more of the following:
(1) Rearrange the order of the rule in the Code or the order ofthe subsections, subdivisions, or other subparts of the rule.
(2) Provide a catch line or heading for the rule or revise thecatch line or heading of the rule.
(3) Reletter or renumber the rule or the subparts of the rule inaccordance with a uniform system.
(4) Rearrange definitions and lists.
(5) Make other changes in arrangement or in form that do notchange the substance of the rule and are necessary or desirable for a clear andorderly arrangement of the rule.
(6) Omit from the published rule a map, a diagram, anillustration, a chart, or other graphic material, if the Codifier of Rulesdetermines that the Office of Administrative Hearings does not have thecapability to publish the material or that publication of the material is notpracticable. When the Codifier of Rules omits graphic material from thepublished rule, the Codifier must insert a reference to the omitted materialand information on how to obtain a copy of the omitted material.
(b) Effect. Revision of a rule by the Codifier of Rules underthis section does not affect the effective date of the rule or require theagency to readopt or resubmit the rule. When the Codifier of Rules revises theform of a rule, the Codifier of Rules must send the agency that adopted therule a copy of the revised rule. The revised rule is the official rule, unlessthe rule was revised under subdivision (a)(6) of this section to omit graphicmaterial. When a rule is revised under that subdivision, the official rule isthe published text of the rule plus the graphic material that was notpublished. (1973, c. 1331, s.1; 1979, c. 571, s. 1; 1981, c. 688, s. 14; 1983, c. 927, ss. 6, 9; 1985, c.746, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1022, s. 1(1); c. 1028, s. 35; 1987, c.285, s. 16; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1111, s. 23; 1991, c. 418, s. 1; 1997‑34,s. 6.)