BSLW1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Law Of Agency
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Chapter 6: administrative agencies: nature of the administrative agency, a government body charged with administering and implementing legislation, purpose of admin agencies. B. 2. a) law governing admin agencies: uniqueness of admin agencies all three levels of power strict procedures and disclosure requirements. D. 2. a) open meeting law (d. 2. a. 1) fed government requires most meetings of major admin agencies to be open to the public (d. 2. a. 2) public announcements of agency guidelines. Apa requires disclosure of rules procedures and principles. D. 4. a) actions and activities of most federal agencies are controlled by this act. Legislative power of the agency: may adopt regulations within the scope of its authority, holding all powers necessary to effectively perform the duties entrusted to it, ma vs epa. Epa was petitioned to make a law and refused to do so. Supreme court decided that the epa had no right to ignore the rule making petitions and had to enforce a mandate on car emissions: agency adoption of regulations.