Section 1. That section 84-901, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943, be amended to read as follows:

84-901. For the purpose of sections 84-901 to 84-906: (1) Agency means each board, commission, department, officer, division, or other administrative office or unit of the state government authorized by law to make rules, except the courts and the Legislature; (2) rule means the written statement of any rule, regulation, standard or policy of general application issued by an agency, including the amendment or repeal thereof, and designed to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it, or governinig its organization or procedure, but not including regulations concerning the internal management of the agency not affecting private rights or interests, and not including rate tariffs, and any rules of interpretation thereof; Provided, that for the purpose of this act every rule which shall prescribe a penalty shall be presumed to have general applicability or to affect private rights and interests.

Sec. 2. That original section 84-901, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943, is repealed.