Rule Making Actions
This page lists rules that have been proposed by the Department of State. It also lists recently finalized rules and emergency rules that have been adopted by the Department. The text of each rule is available by clicking on its description. Please revisit this page often as it will be updated when additional rule making activity occurs.
Proposals
Addition of Part 144 to Title 19 NYCRR: Limits on Administrative Expenses and Executive Compensation – DOS-22-12-00017 (Full Text of Revised Rule and Full Text of Assessment of Public Comment) ( updated March 13, 2013)
Addition of Part 134 to Title 19 NYCRR: Address Confidentiality Program – Emergency Adoption and Proposed Rulemaking (Emergency Regulations effective January 23, 2013) – DOS-07-13-00002
Amendment of section 175.25 of Title 19 NYCRR: Advertising by real estate licensees – DOS-43-12-00001
Recent Adoptions
Addition of Part 4607 to Title 21 NYCRR: Children’s Product Safety and Recall Effectiveness -(effective January 31, 2013) DOS-02-12-00001
Addition of Part 200 to Title 19 NYCRR: Foreign language advertising by notaries public (effective December 10, 2012) – DOS -27-12-00016
Addition of paragraph (12) to subdivision (c) of section 1220.1of Title 19 NYCRR: Allowable spans for lintels supporting masonry veneer (effective November 21, 2012) – DOS-14-12-00016
Amendment of subdivision (c) of section 1220.1 of Title 19 NYCRR: Carbon Monoxide alarms in bed & breakfast dwellings (effective July 10, 2012) – DOS-47-11-00004
Repeal and addition of section 1228.2 of Title 19 NYCRR: Construction standards for summer camp cabins for children’s overnight camps – (effecive July 10, 2012) DOS-47-11 00003
Addition of Part 816 to Title 19 NYCRR: Local Government Performance and Efficiency Program – (effective May 2, 2012) - DOS-09-12-00002
Amendment of section 400.8 of Title 19 NYCRR, and amendment of sections 4602.1 thru 4603.4 of Title 21 NYCRR: “Do-not-call” (effective February 8, 2012) – DOS-44-11-00004
Amendment of section 1106.1 of Title 19 NYCRR: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (effective January 1, 2012) – DOS-41-11-00001
Committee on Open Government
Proposed amendment of section 1401.9 of Title 21 NYCRR: Online placement of contact information for FOIL requests – DOS-35-12-00005
2013 Regulatory Agenda
Five Year Review of Rules Adopted by the Department of State in Calendar Years 2008, 2003 and 1998.
