The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today issued a restated interpretive notice to MSRB Rule G-29, on the availability of MSRB rules. As the MSRB has transitioned to using primarily digital communications, the MSRB will no longer be printing and distributing its Rule Book on an annual basis. The MSRB will continue to maintain the “Rules” section of its website, at msrb.org, which contains the current version of every MSRB rule, as well as any related interpretive guidance and resources, and details of any upcoming rule changes. The restated Rule G-29 interpretive notice continues to provide that dealers may make the MSRB’s rules available to customers by a number of other means, including providing access to the MSRB’s website, using printed versions or software products produced by other companies.
To ensure that the digital availability of MSRB rules meets the needs of municipal securities dealers and municipal advisors, the MSRB will provide beginning January 2, 2014, a link on its website to a comprehensive PDF format of the Rule Book that will be updated on a quarterly basis with any new MSRB rules and amendments that have become effective. The PDF version of the Rule Book allows municipal market participants to search the entire library of MSRB rules for particular keywords, and print a full version of MSRB rules effective as of the publication date. However, msrb.org contains the most frequently updated version of MSRB rules, and should be consulted for the current status of all rules.
Read the full notice at:
http://www.msrb.org/Rules-and-Interpretations/MSRB-Rules/General/Rule-G-29.aspx?tab=2