150B-20. Petitioning an agency to adopt a rule.
(a) Petition. - A person may petition an agency to adopt a rule by submitting to the agency a written rule-making petition requesting the adoption. A person may submit written comments with a rule-making petition. If a rule-making petition requests the agency to create or amend a rule, the person must submit the proposed text of the requested rule change and a statement of the effect of the requested rule change. Each agency must establish by rule the procedure for submitting a rule-making petition to it and the procedure the agency follows in considering a rule-making petition. An agency receiving a rule-making petition shall, within three business days of receipt of the petition, send the proposed text of the requested rule change and the statement of the effect of the requested rule change to the Office of Administrative Hearings. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, within three business days of receipt of the proposed text of the requested rule change and the statement of the effect of the requested rule change, distribute the information via its mailing list and publish the information on its Web site.
(b) Time. - An agency must grant or deny a rule-making petition submitted to it within 30 days after the date the rule-making petition is submitted, unless the agency is a board or commission. If the agency is a board or commission, it must grant or deny a rule-making petition within 120 days after the date the rule-making petition is submitted.
(c) Action. - If an agency denies a rule-making petition, it must send the person who submitted the petition a written statement of the reasons for denying the petition. If an agency grants a rule-making petition, it must inform the person who submitted the rule-making petition of its decision and must initiate rule-making proceedings. When an agency grants a rule-making petition, the notice of text it publishes in the North Carolina Register may state that the agency is initiating rule making as the result of a rule-making petition and state the name of the person who submitted the rule-making petition. If the rule-making petition requested the creation or amendment of a rule, the notice of text the agency publishes may set out the text of the requested rule change submitted with the rule-making petition and state whether the agency endorses the proposed text.
(d) Review. - Denial of a rule-making petition is a final agency decision and is subject to judicial review under Article 4 of this Chapter. Failure of an agency to grant or deny a rule-making petition within the time limits set in subsection (b) is a denial of the rule-making petition.
(e) Repealed by Session Laws 1996, Second Extra Session, c. 18, s. 7.10(b). (1973, c. 1331, s. 1; 1985, c. 746, s. 1; 1991, c. 418, s. 1; c. 477, s. 2; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 7.10(b); 1997-34, s. 2; 2003-229, s. 1; 2017-211, s. 1(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 150B - Administrative Procedure Act
§ 150B-19 - Restrictions on what can be adopted as a rule.
§ 150B-19.1 - Requirements for agencies in the rule-making process.
§ 150B-19.3 - Limitation on certain environmental rules.
§ 150B-20 - Petitioning an agency to adopt a rule.
§ 150B-21 - Agency must designate rule-making coordinator; duties of coordinator.
§ 150B-21.1 - Procedure for adopting a temporary rule.
§ 150B-21.1A - Adoption of an emergency rule.
§ 150B-21.1B - Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2009-475, s16, effective June 30, 2012.
§ 150B-21.2 - Procedure for adopting a permanent rule.
§ 150B-21.3 - Effective date of rules.
§ 150B-21.3A - Periodic review and expiration of existing rules.
§ 150B-21.4 - Fiscal and regulatory impact analysis on rules.
§ 150B-21.6 - Incorporating material in a rule by reference.
§ 150B-21.7 - Effect of transfer of duties or termination of agency on rules.
§ 150B-21.8 - Review of rule by Commission.
§ 150B-21.9 - Standards and timetable for review by Commission.
§ 150B-21.10 - Commission action on permanent rule.
§ 150B-21.11 - Procedure when Commission approves permanent rule.
§ 150B-21.12 - Procedure when Commission objects to a permanent rule.
§ 150B-21.13 - Procedure when Commission extends period for review of permanent rule.
§ 150B-21.14 - Public hearing on a rule.
§ 150B-21.17 - North Carolina Register.
§ 150B-21.18 - North Carolina Administrative Code.
§ 150B-21.19 - Requirements for including rule in Code.
§ 150B-21.20 - Codifier's authority to revise rules.
§ 150B-21.22 - Effect of inclusion in Code.
§ 150B-21.24 - Access to Register and Code.
§ 150B-21.25 - Paid copies of Register and Code.
§ 150B-21.27 - Minimizing the effects of rules on local budgets.
§ 150B-21.28 - Role of the Office of State Budget and Management.