67-5230 PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF RULES. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 67

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 52

IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

67-5230. Petition for adoption of rules. (1) Any person may petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule. The agency shall either:

(a) deny the petition in writing, stating its reasons for the denial, or

(b) initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with this chapter.

The agency shall deny the petition or initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with this chapter within twenty-eight (28) days after submission of the petition, unless the agency’s rules are adopted by a multimember agency board or commission whose members are not full-time officers or employees of the state, in which case the agency shall take action on the petition no later than the first regularly scheduled meeting of that board or commission that takes place seven (7) or more days after submission of the petition.

(2) An agency decision denying a petition is a final agency action.