(a)  An agency shall maintain a current rulemaking agenda for all pending rulemaking proceedings that are indexed. The agency shall publish on its agency website the current and updated rulemaking agenda. The agency shall provide the secretary of state a copy of each current and updated rulemaking agenda for publication on the secretary of state’s website.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-35-5.1

  • agency: means a state agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, district, division, institution, office, officer, quasi-public agency, or other political subdivisions created by the general assembly or the governor, other than the legislature or the judiciary, that is authorized by law of this state to make rules or to determine contested cases. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-35-1
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Reasonable charge: means the lowest, customary charge for a service. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-35-1
  • Rule: means the whole or a part of an agency statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy or the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of an agency and has the force of law. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-35-1
  • Website: means a website on the internet or other similar technology or successor technology that permits the public to search a database that archives materials required to be published or exhibited by the secretary of state or an agency under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-35-1

(b)  The agency shall maintain a rulemaking agenda under subsection (a) that must for each pending rulemaking proceeding state or contain:

(1)  The subject matter of the proposed rule;

(2)  Notices related to the proposed rule;

(3)  How comments on the proposed rule may be submitted;

(4)  The time within which comments may be submitted;

(5)  Where comments may be inspected;

(6)  Requests for a public hearing;

(7)  Appropriate information concerning a public hearing, if any; and

(8)  The timetable for action on the proposed rule.

(c)  On request, the agency shall provide, for a reasonable charge, a written, rulemaking docket maintained under subsection (b).

History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 281, § 6; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 102; P.L. 2016, ch. 203, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 206, § 2.