What is the effective date of amendment #3 to the Arkansas State Plumbing Code? Under their own established rules of procedure, the Arkansas State Board of Health has set the number of days to be 20 days after they are filed with the Secretary of State

| STATE OF ARKANSAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL a 201 EAST MARKHAM STREET. STEVE-CLARK HERITAGE WEST BUILDING _ ATTORNEY GENERAL LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 (501) 371-2007 “Opinion No. 86-318 February 2, 1987 Ben N. Saltzman, M.D., Director Arkansas Department of Health “4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Dr. Saltzman: This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the following question: What is the effective date of amendment #3 to ‘the Arkansas State Plumbing Code? - Although the Arkansas State Board of Health .is exempt from the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, it developed its own procedures which parallel those embodied in the State law. Under the procedures of the Department of Health and the State Board of Health, regulations become effective twenty days after they are filed with the Secretary of State. Records of the Department of Health reflect that amendment #3 to the Arkansas State Plumbing Code was filed with the Secretary of State on May 29, 1984. Therefore, the effective date of the regulations is June 18, 1984, The foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve, was prepared by Chief Deputy Attorney General Dan Kennett. Sincerely, TE WA Attorney General JSC:DK: jk.