§ 102. Definitions. As used in this chapter,\n * 1. "Agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission,\ndivision, office, council, committee or officer of the state, or a\npublic benefit corporation or public authority at least one of whose\nmembers is appointed by the governor, authorized by law to make rules or\nto make final decisions in adjudicatory proceedings but shall not\ninclude the governor, agencies in the legislative and judicial branches,\nagencies created by interstate compact or international agreement, the\ndivision of military and naval affairs to the extent it exercises its\nresponsibility for military and naval affairs, the division of state\npolice, the identification and intelligence unit of the division of\ncriminal justice services, the state insurance fund, the unemployment\ninsurance appeal board, and except for purposes of subdivision one of\nsection two hundred two-d and section two hundred two-f of this chapter,\nthe workers' compensation board and except for purposes of article two\nof this chapter, the department of corrections and community\nsupervision.\n * NB Effective until January 1, 2027\n * 1. "Agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission,\ndivision, office, council, committee or officer of the state, or a\npublic benefit corporation or public authority at least one of whose\nmembers is appointed by the governor, authorized by law to make rules or\nto make final decisions in adjudicatory proceedings but shall not\ninclude the governor, agencies in the legislative and judicial branches,\nagencies created by interstate compact or international agreement, the\ndivision of military and naval affairs to the extent it exercises its\nresponsibility for military and naval affairs, the division of state\npolice, the identification and intelligence unit of the division of\ncriminal justice services, the state insurance fund, the unemployment\ninsurance appeal board, and except for purposes of subdivision one of\nsection two hundred two-d of this chapter, the workers' compensation\nboard and except for purposes of article two of this chapter, the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2027\n 2. (a) "Rule" means (i) the whole or part of each agency statement,\nregulation or code of general applicability that implements or applies\nlaw, or prescribes a fee charged by or paid to any agency or the\nprocedure or practice requirements of any agency, including the\namendment, suspension or repeal thereof and (ii) the amendment,\nsuspension, repeal, approval, or prescription for the future of rates,\nwages, security authorizations, corporate or financial structures or\nreorganization thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services or\nallowances therefor or of valuations, costs or accounting, or practices\nbearing on any of the foregoing whether of general or particular\napplicability.\n (b) Not included within paragraph (a) of this subdivision are:\n (i) rules concerning the internal management of the agency which do\nnot directly and significantly affect the rights of or procedures or\npractices available to the public;\n (ii) rules relating to the use of public works, including streets and\nhighways, when the substance of such rules is indicated to the public by\nmeans of signs or signals;\n (iii) rulings issued under section two hundred four or two hundred\nfive of this chapter;\n (iv) forms and instructions, interpretive statements and statements of\ngeneral policy which in themselves have no legal effect but are merely\nexplanatory;\n (v) rules promulgated to implement agreements pursuant to article\nfourteen of the civil service law;\n (vi) rates of interest prescribed by the superintendent of financial\nservices pursuant to section fourteen-a of the banking law;\n (vii) rules relating to the approval or disapproval of subscriber\nrates contained in an application to the public service commission,\nafter public hearing and appr
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