67-5220 NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROMULGATE RULES. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 67

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 52

IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

67-5220. Notice of intent to promulgate rules. (1) An agency may publish in the bulletin a notice of intent to promulgate a rule. The notice shall contain a brief, nontechnical statement of the subject matter to be addressed in the proposed rulemaking, and shall include the purpose of the rule, the statutory authority for the rulemaking, citation to a specific federal statute or regulation if that is the basis of authority or requirement for the rulemaking, and the principal issues involved. The notice shall identify an individual to whom comments on the proposal may be sent.

(2) The notice of intent to promulgate a rule is intended to facilitate negotiated rulemaking, a process in which all interested parties and the agency seek consensus on the content of a rule. Agencies are encouraged to proceed through such informal rulemaking whenever it is feasible to do so.