Forms for Submitting Administrative Rules
APA filing forms are provided by the Office of the Secretary of State for the express purpose of filing administrative rules governed by Title 3 V.S.A. Chapter 25. These forms have been adopted as part of the Rule on Rulemaking and have the force and effect of law.
The forms are available for download in Microsoft Word format. The forms are designed to be user friendly, and users may tab through the fields typing directly onto the form. Please note that some fields are locked, the limitations on characters lengths for these fields are preset with the maximum character lengths allowed in the current APA Tracking Database.
Due to the locked fields, the spell check utility included in Microsoft Word is unavailable for these documents; please proof your forms carefully.
Each rule filing requires specific forms (i.e. each filing has its own Coversheet). Please choose the forms appropriate to your filing needs. Click the links below for the corresponding form.
- Proposed Rule: Coversheet
- Final Proposed Rule: Coversheet
- Adopted Rule: Coversheet
- Emergency Rule: Coversheet
- Adopting Page
- Economic Impact Statement
- Public Input Statement
- Scientific Information Statement (this form may not be necessary for your filing)
- Incorporation by Reference Statement (this form may not be necessary for your filing).
It is recommended that users prepare filings on freshly downloaded forms rather than storing forms for future use, to avoid use of outdated forms. Filings made on outdated forms may be refused by the Office of the Secretary of State.
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- If you have general questions about the rulemaking process, please contact
- Louise Corliss by e-mail at or by phone 802-828-2863
