Board Proposes Rule Changes

The Board is proposing two new rules: (1) a rule that prohibits ex parte communications and (2) a rule that allows for rehearing or review of good cause exception determinations. These proposed rules will be filed in the Secretary of State's Office on Monday, October 2, 2006. Once the proposed rules are published in the Arizona Admininstrative Register, the Board will wait 30 days for public comment before filing the final rules.

A copy of the Notice of Proposed Exempt Rulemaking is available in PDF format at this link: http://www.azbof.gov/news/20060929-001/notice.pdf.

Although the Board is exempt from the normal rulemkaing process, the Board is requesting public comments. Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments on the rules by contacting Dennis Seavers, Executive Director, by e-mail at dennis.seavers@azbof.gov, by telephone at (602) 322-8593, by fax at (602) 322-8594, or by mail at Mail Code 185, PO Box 6129, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6129.