Administrative Law

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Administrative Law
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Fourth Branch of Government?

• Legislative - makes the laws
• Executive - power to enforce and implement the
  laws
• Judicial - resolve disputes under the laws
• Where do administrative agencies fit in?

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Agencies Have Power To

• promulgate regulations
• adjudicate cases
• prosecute regulatory violations
• conduct studies
• inspect private entities or operations

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Two Types of Agencies

• executive branch, e.g., Dept. of Defense, Dept.
  of Justice, Dept. of Transportation
• Dept. of Transportation -- Federal Aviation
  Administration, Federal Transit Administration,
  Federal Highway Administration, US Coast Guard .
  . . . .
• independent agencies, e.g., Securities and
  Exchange Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity
  Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. . . .
  .
• and

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Enabling Statute

• Identifies agency goals
• Identifies agency activities

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Two Types of Documents

• Rules and Regulations (statutory) aimed at
  groups of people, entities, or situations.
• Decisions and Orders (case law) aimed at
  specific people, entity, or situation.

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Why are Regulations Proposed?

• enabling statute requires agency to address the
  topic
• public pressure or petitions
• agency studies have identified area(s) of concern

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How is a Regulation Created?

• Legislative Regulations
• Notice and Comment Rulemaking
• Formal Rulemaking
• Hybrid Rulemaking Process
• Interpretive Regulations - often informal

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Federal Register Contains

• presidential documents (executive orders,
  presidential proclamations)
• new regulations
• proposed regulations
• Sunshine Act meetings
• Other notices

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Comparison

• Statutes at Large (sessions laws)
• United States Code (codified laws)

• Federal Register (agency regulations)
• Code of Federal Regulations (codified
  regulations)
• Washington counterparts Washington Register
  and WAC

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CFR Index - Possible Listings

• labor -- nothing
• agriculture -- nothing
• migrant labor -- work protection 29 CFR 500
• wages -- migrant 29 CFR 500

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29 CFR 500.81 organized by (title/chapter/part/sec
tion/paragraph)

• Title 29 - Labor
• Subtitle B - Regulations relating to Labor
• Chapter V - Wage and Hour Division
• Subchapter A - Regulations
• Part 500 - Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection
• Subpart C - Worker Protection
• Section 81 - Payment of Wages When Due

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Updating Federal Regulations

• Check when volume last updated
• Consult List of Sections Affected (LSA)
• Update LSA using Reader Aids in Federal Register
  check month-end issues for months not covered by
  LSA
• Consult most recent issue of Federal Register

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Updating Sequence

• Date of CFR volume - July 1, 2000
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• Date of latest LSA - December 2000
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• Month-end issues of Federal Register not covered
  by the LSA (January/February/March/April, 2000)
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• Most recent issue of Federal Register (May 15,
  2000)

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29 CFR 500.81 organized by (title/chapter/part/sec
tion/paragraph)

• Title 29 - Labor
• Subtitle B - Regulations relating to Labor
• Chapter V - Wage and Hour Division
• Subchapter A - Regulations
• Part 500 - Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection
• Subpart C - Worker Protection
• Section 81 - Payment of Wages When Due

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Updating the WAC

• Is there a volume supplement?
• Consult Washington State Register year-end Table
  of WAC Sections Affected in the second issue in
  January (cumulative for the previous year)
• Table of WAC Sections Affected in latest
  Washington State Register(cumulates up to that
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WAC - Possible Subject Headings

• migrant -- nothing
• farm workers -- nothing
• wages -- nothing
• labor -- agricultural employees --
• ch. 296-131
• agricultural pay -- ch. 296-131
• agriculture marketing -- agricultural
  employees -- employment standards -- ch. 296-131

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WAC 296-131-010 organized by title/chapter/section

• Title 296 - Dept. of Labor and Industries
• Chapter 131 - Agricultural Employment
• Standards
• Section 010 - Payment Interval

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Washington State Administrative Decisions

• Need Information on agencies? Try -
• Administrative Law Practice Manual
• Washington State Yearbook
• Washington Home Page
• CD-LAW
• LEXIS/WESTLAW
• Washington Legal Research Deskbook,
• ch. 4

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