Answers
:Legislature grants authority to adopt regulations State Agency decides to change or adopt new regulations
Regulation preliminary activities Economic impact; fiscal impact; regulation development
Notice of proposed rulemaking; Statement of reasons;
Regulation activities after impact
Text of regulation
1 year to complete and file with the oflce of administrative
Publication and issuance of notice opens rulemaking
Law (OAL)
After issuance of notice of rulemaking 45 day public comment
Part of public comments; only required if someone re-
Regulation Hearing
quest one
Major Changes , must do another 45 day public; Sub-
After initial public comment stantial and suflciently related only need 15 day comment
period
After second public comment or nonsubstantial initial Updated informative digest; final statement of reasons
changes (with summary and response to comment); final text
OAL approves regulation Agency adopts regulation
brief notice period; finding of emergency; brief comment
Emergency Rulemaking
period; approved by OAL
proposed text; statement of reasons; economic and fiscal
Four document for preliminary rulemaking
impact; notice of proposed regulatory action
OAL Oflce of Adminitrative Law
APA Administrative Procedure Act
must be made 15 days before the end of the public com-
Request for hearing
ment period
nonsubstantial; substantial and significantly similar; sub-
regulator changes are
stantial and not suflciently related
each person who submitted written comment; testified at
Substantial change 15 day notice must notify