§ 26-55-903 - Rules and regulations. - Arkansas Statutes

26-55-903. Rules and regulations.

(a) The Director of the State Plant Board shall have the power to adopt and, from time to time, to change by addition, amendment, or repeal reasonable rules and regulations consistent with law, for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) The rules and regulations to the extent practicable shall be consistent with pertinent nationally recognized standards, methods, and tolerances.

(c) The regulations shall be applicable only to the extent that they are not in conflict with regulations or orders issued by an agency of the United States and shall be drawn with due consideration for the desirability of uniformity of the laws of the several states and the United States.

(d) (1) The rules promulgated under this subchapter and any addition to or amendment or repeal of the rules shall be adopted, changed, amended, or repealed only after full public hearing, which shall be adjourned from time to time as necessary to permit all interested or affected parties to be heard.

(2) At least thirty (30) days' prior written notice of the commencement of the hearing shall be published two (2) times in one (1) newspaper of general circulation that has been designated for that purpose by the director.

(3) The notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the hearing and shall either set forth in full the rule to be considered or shall state where and how the full text may be obtained.

(4) A copy of the notice shall be sent at the same time to every person who has registered with the director a request to be so notified, together with the name and address to which the notice should be sent.

(5) Any rule or amendment or repeal of a rule shall be effective sixty (60) days after copies have been filed according to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, 25-15-201 et seq.