3746-3-01 Power of the commission to issue rules: Procedure.

(A) The commission shall adopt rules governing procedures to be followed in hearings before it. No rule adopted by the commission shall be effective until the tenth day after it has been adopted by the filing of a certified copy thereof with the secretary of state who shall record them under the heading "rules of the commission." The rules shall be numbered consecutively under the heading and shall bear the date of filing. The rules shall be public records open to public inspection.

(B) No rule filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter shall be amended except by a rule which contains the entire rule as amended and which repeals the entire rule amended. Each rule that amends a rule shall bear the same consecutive rule number as the number of the rule that it amends, and it shall bear the date of filing.

(C) No rule filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter shall be repealed except by a rule. Each rule which repeals a rule shall bear the same consecutive rule number as the number of the rule which it repeals, and it shall bear the date of filing.

(D) The authority and the duty of the commission to adopt rules under this chapter shall not be governed by or be subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(E) The commission shall have available copies of its rules that have been filed in the office of the secretary of state. Rules of the commission shall be furnished free of charge to any person requesting them.

(F) The rules applicable on the date of the filing of an appeal shall govern that appeal throughout all proceedings before the commission.

Effective: 12/20/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/01/2008 and 10/01/2013
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3745.03
Rule Amplifies: 3745.02 - 3745.06
Prior Effective Dates: 1/2/73, 10/6/98