New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW › Chapter 30 - RULES FOR AGENCY RULEMAKING › Subchapter 5 - PROPOSAL PROCEDURE › Section 1:30-5.2 - Publication and distribution of notice of proposal

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) After
				the OAL's receipt of a notice of proposal that conforms to the requirements of
				N.J.A.C.
				1:30-5.1
1.
				The OAL shall submit the notice, within two business days of receipt, to the
				Senate and the General Assembly;
2.
				The OAL shall publish the notice of proposal in the next available issue of the
				New Jersey Register. Pursuant to
				N.J.S.A.
				52:14B-7(c), any notice of
				proposal that would be cumbersome, or unduly expensive to publish, shall not be
				printed in full. Instead, such notices shall be summarized in the Register. The
				proposing agency shall make available the notice of proposal and provide in the
				published notice the manner in which, and from where, copies may be
				obtained;
3. The agency shall mail
				or e-mail either the notice of proposal, as filed, or a statement of the
				substance of the proposed action to:
i.
				Interested persons;
ii. Those
				persons who have made timely request of the agency for notice of its rulemaking
				actions; and
iii. Those persons on
				the agency's electronic mailing list or similar type of subscription-based
				e-mail service;
4. The
				agency shall distribute either the notice of proposal, as filed, or a statement
				of the substance of the proposed action to the news media maintaining a press
				office in the State House Complex;
5. The agency shall publish the notice of
				proposal on its Internet website, no later than the date of publication of the
				notice in the New Jersey Register; and
6. The agency shall undertake an additional
				method of publicity, other than dissemination under (a)2, 3, 4, and 5 above.
				Each agency shall adopt rules prescribing the manner in which it shall provide
				additional publicity under this paragraph, which rules shall set forth the
				circumstances under which each additional method shall be employed.
i. The additional method of publicity shall
				include information on the time, place, and manner in which interested persons
				may present comments and either of the following:
(1) The full text of the proposed
				rule;
(2) A statement of the
				substance of the proposed action; or
(3) A description of the subject and issues
				involved.
ii. The
				additional method of publicity may be by:
(1)
				Notice in a newspaper of general circulation;
(2) Trade, industry, government, or
				professional publications;
(3)
				Distribution of a press release to the news media; or
(4) Posting of a notice in an appropriate
				location(s), including the agency's Internet website.
(A) If an agency's rule on its method of
				additional publicity promulgated pursuant to this paragraph provides that the
				agency's method shall be posting of notice on its Internet website, the
				publication of a notice of proposal from the agency on the agency's Internet
				website pursuant to (a)5 above shall satisfy the additional publicity
				requirements of this paragraph for that notice of proposal.