55:13A-8 - Transmittal of copies of regulations to board; publication; hearing; effective date - New Jersey Statutes

55:13A-8.  Transmittal of copies of regulations to board;  publication; hearing;  effective date
    (a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulations pursuant  to this act, the commissioner shall:

     (1) Transmit copies of the proposed regulations to the board for its review  and recommendations.  Within 30 days of the receipt of copies of said proposed  regulations, the board shall provide the commissioner with such written  recommendations thereon as it may have;

     (2) Publish in the New Jersey Register a general notice of intention to promulgate regulations, which notice shall include (1) a reference to the authority under which the regulations are proposed;  (2) a statement of the purpose of the proposed regulations;  (3) either the terms or substance of the proposed regulations or a description of the subjects and issues involved; (4)  a statement that a copy of the proposed regulations may be obtained by any  person upon written request to the bureau;  and (5) a statement of the date,  time and place for a public hearing on the proposed regulations, which date  shall not be less than 20 days nor more than 30 days after the publication of  the notice of intention to promulgate proposed regulations, and not less than  50 days after transmittal by the commissioner of copies of said proposed  regulations to the board.

    (b) (Deleted by amendment.)

     (c) Any person appearing at said public hearing shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard, either through the submission of written data, views, or arguments or the oral presentation of the same.  Upon the expiration of the 30 days next succeeding the date of said public hearing, the commissioner shall  issue and promulgate the regulations required to be issued and promulgated by  section 7 of this act, either as originally proposed or as amended or revised  by the commissioner subsequent to said public hearings, which regulations shall  be effective on such date as may be provided therein.

     L.1967, c. 76, s. 8, eff. May 31, 1967.  Amended by L.1970, c. 138, s. 4.