Sec. 40. (a) At any time before a rule is accepted for filing by the publisher under section 35, 37.1, 37.2, or 38 of this chapter, the agency that adopted the rule may recall it. A rule may be recalled regardless of whether:

(1) the rule has been disapproved by the attorney general under section 32 of this chapter; or

(2) the rule has been disapproved by the governor under section 34 of this chapter.

     (b) IC 13-14-9 and sections 23 through 38 of this chapter do not apply to a recall action under this section. However, the agency shall distribute a notice of its recall action to the publisher for publication in the Indiana Register. IC 13-14-9 and sections 23 and 26 of this chapter do not apply to a readoption action under subsection (c).

     (c) After an agency recalls a rule, the agency may reconsider its adoption action and adopt an identical rule or a revised rule. However, if IC 13-14-9 or sections 23 through 36 of this chapter apply to the recalled rule, the readopted rule must comply with the requirements under section 29 of this chapter or IC 13-14-9-9 (as applicable).

     (d) The recall of a rule under this section voids any approval given after the rule was adopted and before the rule was recalled.

     (e) If a rule is:

(1) subject to sections 31 and 33 of this chapter;

(2) recalled under subsection (a); and

(3) readopted under subsection (c);

the agency shall resubmit the readopted version of the recalled rule to the attorney general and the governor for approval. The attorney general and the governor have the full statutory period to approve or disapprove the readopted rule. The agency shall resubmit the readopted version of a recalled rule to the office of management and budget with sufficient information for the office of management and budget to evaluate whether the initial regulatory analysis submitted to the office of management and budget under section 22.8 of this chapter needs to be revised. If the impact of the readopted rule is substantially different from the recalled rule, the agency shall submit the revised regulatory analysis to the publisher for publication in the Indiana Register with the document control number assigned by the publisher to the rule. The agency also shall comply with any other applicable approval requirement provided by statute.

     (f) The readopted version of a recalled rule is effective only after the agency has complied with section 35, 37.1, 37.2, or 38 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.31-1985, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.1-1991, SEC.18; P.L.12-1993, SEC.4; P.L.123-2006, SEC.15; P.L.291-2013, SEC.7; P.L.53-2014, SEC.60; P.L.249-2023, SEC.37.