2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-35 - Administrative Procedures
Section 42-35-2.5 - Electronic posting of advance notice of proposed rulemaking.
§ 42-35-2.5 Electronic posting of advance notice of proposed rulemaking. – (a) In order to afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments, any website maintained by the office of the secretary of state in accordance with subdivision 42-35-3(a)(1) shall be formatted so as to allow members of the public to view advanced notices of proposed rulemaking by the date of posting and by the agency that posted them. In addition, such website shall contain an up-to-date list of all agencies using the website as their primary source for proposed rulemaking notices.
(b) Any agency submitting advance notice of proposed rulemaking via electronic media on the website maintained by the secretary of state shall do so in accordance with procedures established by the secretary of state. The agency shall also post such notice on the agency's own website. Unless and until an agency formally withdraws from submitting proposed rulemaking via electronic media, the agency shall submit all advance notices of proposed rulemaking in this fashion; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the agency from also posting notices in a newspaper publication.
(c) If an agency utilizing electronic posting as its primary source for advanced proposed rulemaking notices is required to make available a summary of all non-technical differences between the existing and proposed rules pursuant to subdivisions 42-35-3(a)(1) and 42-35-3(a)(5), that summary shall also be available on the website maintained by the secretary of state.
(d) The office of the secretary of state shall establish a process to provide timely notification via electronic mail, to any person so requesting, any agency advance notices of proposed rulemaking submitted via electronic media pursuant to subdivision 42-35-3(a)(1).
History of Section.
(P.L. 2009, ch. 359, § 1.)
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