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Administrative agencies make law in two ways:
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Rulemaking and adjudication
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Administrative Rulemaking
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Quasi legislative function of an agency. When a statute provides an agency the ability to create rules or regulations that carry out specific legislative purposes.
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Which are more specific, administrative rules or statutes?
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Administrative Rules
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Administrative Adjudication
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The quasi judicial power of agencies to render decisions in cases arising under statutory or regulatory law. This is in the form of agency hearings.
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In Missouri agency hearings are conducted by
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a hearing officer, referee, or administrative law judge
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Federally, agency hearings are conducted by
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Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
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Missouri Administrative Rulemaking documents are found in what two primary sources?
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Missouri Register and Code of State Regulations (CSR)
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Missouri Register
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A daily compilation of agency action, arranged chronologically.
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Code of State Regulations
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An annual codification, by subject, of the permanent rules published in the Missouri Register.
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Missouri Register is published
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Semi monthly. (Monthly before 1986)
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Missouri Register contains
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Emergency rules, executive orders, proposed rules, orders of rulemaking, and dissolutions.
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Emergency Rules
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When an agency finds an immediate danger to public health, safety, of welfare, or a compelling governmental interest requires emergency action. These are the first documents in Missouri Register.
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Executive Orders
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Formal orders issued by the President or Governor
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Proposed Rules
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Rules not yet enacted by an agency but proposed; publication constitutes notice of the proposed rule to the general public.
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Orders of Rulemaking
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Final rules as issued by the agency
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Dissolutions
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Notices of the dissolution of limited liability companies and limited partnerships. (In the back of the Missouri Register)
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Source Guides
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Research aids to the Missouri Register.
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CSR is organized...
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Topically, focused on agencies themselves. Agency, division, specific topic.
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At the beginning of each regulation in CSR is...
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The purpose of the regulation
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At the end of each regulation in CSR is...
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An authority note that lists the enabling statute, including any prior amendments.
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Use known topic approach when
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You know the agency the rule is from.
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To update an Administrative Regulation...
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Use the "Rule Changes Since Last Updated to Code of State Regulations" table in the latest issue of Missouri Register.
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Missouri Administrative Adjudication Decisions
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Are not readily available unless heard by the Administrative Hearing Council. AHC decisions are available in print at the Missouri Supreme Court Library and online at the AHC's website.
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Federal Register
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An official document, published every weekday, which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies. (Chronological compilation)
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The two types of federal agencies are
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Independent agencies and executive agencies
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Notices
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A section of the Federal Register that includes documents other than rules and proposed rules. The Federal Register is the only place you can access a copy of a notice.
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Reader Aids
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A resource section of the Federal Register which lists rules going into effect, public laws enacted during that session of congress, a list of CFR parts affected and phone numbers for information and assistance.
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CFR Parts Affected table
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Lists all the parts effected in the CFR. A tool to update a whole month at one time.
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Federal Register Index
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Issued monthly in cumulative form.
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Code of Federal Regulations
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Codified by subject of all federal regulations. Includes all regulations currently in effect. Updated on a revolving quarterly basis.
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To update the CFR...
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Check online for the most current version and the Federal Register for the proposed rules.
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Federal Administrative Adjudication is reported in the
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official agency reports
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Citation to Code of Federal Regulations
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Title # C.F.R. Section or Part (Year)
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Citation to Federal Register
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The commonly used name of rule, volume Fed. Reg. page the rule begins (Date of the rule)
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Citation for Federal Administrative Adjudication
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By the reported name of the first listed party and reporter citation.
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Citation for State Administrative Regulations
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Refer to each state authority in T1 of BlueBook.