North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 13 - LABOR › Chapter 07 - OFFICE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › Subchapter A - GENERAL RULES AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES › Section .0500 - STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › Section 07A .0508 - CONTENTS OF NOTICE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Notices of
				  meetings shall describe fully or summarize adequately the agenda.
(b) The notice shall announce that the
				  meeting is open to the public.
(c)
				  The notice shall indicate that interested persons have an opportunity to file
				  statements in written form with the council. The notice shall specify when the
				  statements are to be filed with the council.
(d) In the discretion of the chairman of the
				  meeting, oral statements may be made before the council by interested persons,
				  according to the following guidelines, after taking into consideration, the
				  number of persons in attendance, the nature and extent of their proposed
				  individual participation, and the time, resources, and facilities available to
				  the council:
(1) Any citizen who has something
				  of interest for presentation to the council shall be permitted to present this
				  matter before the council at a regular council meeting.
(2) Any items for consideration by the
				  council shall be submitted to the council in writing at least seven days prior
				  to a regularly scheduled meeting requesting time before the council and a brief
				  outline of the subject matter to be presented for the council's consideration.
				  A suggested time limit of 15 minutes shall be set by the council but the
				  council shall have the right to allow extensions of time as required. All
				  technical matters should be accompanied with supplementary documents at the
				  time of formal presentation for the council members information and guidance.
				  The seven days advance notice assumes that a public notice of the council
				  meeting will be made at least 14 days prior to the council meeting.
(3) Equal time shall be provided for rebuttal
				  to any proposed matter before the council when requested in the same procedure
				  as indicated in (2) of this Subsection for the original presentations. The
				  rebuttal can of course be presented at the next regular meeting of the council
				  after the original presentation is submitted.
(4) The chairman of the advisory council
				  shall reply to any request for action giving the results of the council's
				  decision whether positive or negative and the chairman shall also keep
				  petitioners advised of the status on an interim basis if the decision extends
				  over a reasonable period of time.
(5) At the end of any regular council
				  meeting, time permitting, general comments from members of the public in
				  attendance will be welcome with time limits being set at the chairman's
				  discretion.
(6) A public proposal
				  is defined as one received from an individual who is not an employee of the
				  North Carolina Department of Labor or an active member of the advisory
				  council.
(7) These policies and
				  procedures may be amended by a majority vote of the membership of the
				  council.