Sec. 6. (a) The agency shall prepare responses to all comments received during the public comment period.

     (b) The agency, after considering the written comments and responses, may do the following:

(1) Conduct one (1) or more additional public comment periods in the manner provided in section 5 of this chapter on one (1) or more rules within the scope of the notice of proposed readoption. If a person submits to the agency during the initial public comment period under section 5 of this chapter a written request stating a basis for considering a particular rule separately from other rules in the notice of proposed readoption, the agency may not readopt that rule under this chapter. The agency may readopt that rule with or without changes only through a rulemaking action initiated under IC 4-22-2-23 through IC 4-22-2-36 (as modified by IC 13-14-9, when applicable).

(2) Readopt one (1) or more rules within the scope of the notice of proposed readoption without change.

(3) Repeal one (1) or more rules within the scope of the notice of proposed readoption, if the need for the rule no longer exists. The adopting authority may repeal a rule without additional public comment periods under section 5 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.249-2023, SEC.45.