Chevron deference is a federal doctrine related to self-interpretation of statutory powers by federal agencies. It has no direct relevance to state agencies op

Chevron deference is a federal doctrine related to self-interpretation of statutory powers by federal agencies. It has no direct relevance to state agencies operating under state law. Some states do/did have equivalent doctrines, but many have explicitly forbidden judicial deference to administrative agencies either via statute law or via binding precedent created by their own supreme courts. Everything being discussed in this thread is a matter of state-level policy that varies drastically among states, and has no direct relation to federal agencies or the way they apply federal statutes.