CHAPTER 1

AUTHORITY FOR ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF RULES,

TITLE OF RULES, AND CONSTRUCTION OF RULES

Section 1. Statutory Authority. W.S. 27-3-602(b) authorizes the commission to adopt, amend, or rescind rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

Section 2. Title. These rules (Chapter 1 through Chapter 37) are the Rules of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Compensation Program as adopted by the Unemployment Insurance Commission of Wyoming and may be cited as the "Rules of the Wyoming Unemployment Compensation Program."

Section 3. Construction of Rules. The construction of the Rules of the Wyoming Unemployment Compensation Program shall be governed by the following:

(a) Reference to a numbered section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other subdivision of the statutes and the abbreviation "W.S." when used in conjunction with a statute section number or its designation or identification means the Wyoming Statutes in their most recently published form including amendments to original enactments;

(b) Words in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders.