Sec. 13. (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), this chapter applies to the addition, amendment, or repeal of a rule in every rulemaking action.

     (b) This chapter does not apply to the following agencies:

(1) Any military officer or board.

(2) Any state educational institution.

     (c) This chapter does not apply to a rulemaking action that results in any of the following rules:

(1) A resolution or directive of any agency that relates solely to internal policy, internal agency organization, or internal procedure and does not have the effect of law.

(2) A restriction or traffic control determination of a purely local nature that:

(A) is ordered by the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation;

(B) is adopted under IC 9-20-1-3(d), IC 9-21-4-7, or IC 9-20-7; and

(C) applies only to one (1) or more particularly described intersections, highway portions, bridge causeways, or viaduct areas.

(3) A rule adopted by the secretary of state under IC 26-1-9.1-526.

(4) An executive order or proclamation issued by the governor.

(5) A rule adopted by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system, as provided in IC 5-10.5-4-2. However, the board shall submit rules adopted by the board to the publisher for publication in the Indiana Register.

     (d) Except as specifically set forth in IC 13-14-9:

(1) IC 13-14-9 provides supplemental procedures for notice and public comment concerning proposed rules for the boards listed in IC 13-14-9-1; and

(2) the department of environmental management and the boards listed in IC 13-14-9-1 shall comply with the procedures in IC 13-14-9 in lieu of complying with sections 26, 27, and 29 (except section 29(c)) of this chapter.

In adopting rules, all other provisions of IC 4-22-2 apply to these agencies.

As added by P.L.31-1985, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.8; P.L.2-1991, SEC.21; P.L.34-1993, SEC.1; P.L.44-1995, SEC.1; P.L.1-1996, SEC.28; P.L.57-2000, SEC.1; P.L.2-2007, SEC.52; P.L.249-2023, SEC.9.