14.131 STATEMENT OF NEED AND REASONABLENESS. By the date of the section 14.14, subdivision 1a, notice, the agency must prepare, review, and make available for public review a statement of the need for and reasonableness of the rule. The statement of need and reasonableness must be prepared under rules adopted by the chief administrative law […]
14.14 HEARING ON RULE. Subdivision 1. Required hearing. When a public hearing is required under section 14.25 or when an agency decides to proceed directly to a public hearing, the agency shall proceed under the provisions of sections 14.14 to 14.20 and hold a public hearing affording all affected interests an opportunity to participate. Subd. […]
14.15 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S REPORT. Subdivision 1. Time of preparation. After allowing a comment period during which written material may be submitted and recorded in the hearing record for five working days after the public hearing ends, or for a longer period not to exceed 20 days if ordered by the administrative law judge, the […]
14.16 ADOPTION OF RULE; CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; FILING OF RULE. Subdivision 1. Review of modifications. If the report of the administrative law judge finds no defects, the agency may proceed to adopt the rule. After receipt of the administrative law judge’s report, if the agency makes any modifications to the rule, it must return […]
14.18 PUBLICATION OF ADOPTED RULE; EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 1. Generally. A rule is effective after it has been subjected to all requirements described in sections 14.131 to 14.20 and five working days after the notice of adoption is published in the State Register unless a later date is required by section 14.126 or other law […]
14.19 DEADLINE TO COMPLETE RULEMAKING. Within 180 days after issuance of the administrative law judge’s report or that of the chief administrative law judge, the agency shall submit its notice of adoption, amendment, or repeal to the State Register for publication. If the agency has not submitted its notice to the State Register within 180 […]
14.20 APPROVAL OF FORM. No rule shall be filed with the secretary of state or published in the State Register unless the revisor of statutes has certified that the rule’s form is approved. History: 1980 c 615 s 46; 1981 c 253 s 13; 1982 c 424 s 130
