It would also make clear that a notice seeking comment must be published within 60 days of an amended law requiring rules as well as a new law. Section 5 would eliminate a requirement that agencies publish the membership of optional rule advisory committees in the State Register. Section 6 would authorize the chief administrative law judge to reduce the time for publication of a rulemaking notice for good cause. Section 7 would clarify the deadlines for preparation of statements of need and reasonableness and their submission to the Legislative Reference Library. Section 8 would require agencies to make reasonable efforts to give notification of proposed rules to persons or classes of persons not on its list of persons registered to receive notice.
Current law makes that step optional.
It would also make it clear that persons may register for notices that an agency intends to adopt a rule, rather than that it has adopted a rule, assuring more timely notice. The section being amended applies to rules adopted after a public hearing. Section 9 would clarify the schedule, after a hearing on proposed rules, for submission of comments and then rebuttal of comments to the administrative law judge who conducted the hearing. Section 10 would clarify the procedure for review of rule modifications. Section 11 would modify the section governing the deadline to complete rulemaking to take into account the possible issuance of a report by the chief administrative law judge.