La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XIX-2107

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-2107 - Petitions for Rulemaking

A. General Form. A petition for rulemaking must be made and submitted to the board in writing, legibly printed or typed in ink.

B. Title and Signature. A petition for rulemaking shall be plainly and prominently titled and styled as such and shall be manually signed by an individual petitioner, by an authorized officer or representative of the petitioner, or by an attorney at law representing the petitioner. The full name, title or office, if any, address and telephone number of a person signing a petition for rulemaking shall be printed or typed under the person's signature. Where a person signs a petition for rulemaking in a representative capacity, the petitioner or petitioners represented by the signature must be clearly identified.

C. Required Contents. A petition for rulemaking shall:

1. clearly identify each petitioner by name and address of residence or principal place of business;

2. describe the legal status or nature of the petitioner to establish that the petitioner is an interested person, within the meaning of §2103 of this Chapter;

3. in the case of a petition for adoption of a new rule, set forth a concise statement of the substance, nature, purpose and intended effect of the rule which the petitioner requests that the board adopt and citation to the statutory authority for the board's exercise or rulemaking authority in the manner and on the subject requested;

4. in the case of a petition for amendment of an existing rule, specify, by citation to the Louisiana Administrative Code, the rule or rules which the petitioner requests that the board amend, together with a concise statement of the manner in which it is proposed that the rule or rules be amended, the purpose and intended effect of the requested amendment, and citation to the statutory authority for the board's exercise or rulemaking authority in the manner and on the subject requested;

5. in the case of a petition for repeal of an existing rule, specify, by citation to the Louisiana Administrative Code, the rule or rules which the petitioner requests that the board repeal, together with a concise statement of the purpose and intended effect of such repeal;

6.

a. provide an estimate of the fiscal and economic impact of the requested rulemaking on:

i. the revenues and expenses of the board and other state and local governmental units;

ii. costs and/or benefits to directly affected persons;

iii. competition and employment in the public and private sectors; or

b. provide a statement that the petitioner has insufficient information or is otherwise unable to provide a reasonable estimate of such fiscal and economic impact;

7. set forth a concise statement of the facts, circumstances, and reasons which warrant exercise of the board's rulemaking authority in the manner requested; and

8. in the case of a petition for exercise of the board's emergency rulemaking authority under R.S. 49:953.B, a statement of the facts and circumstances supporting a finding by the board that an imminent peril to the public justifies the adoption, amendment or repeal of a rule upon shorter notice than that provided by R.S. 49:953.A.

D. Permissible Contents. In support of petitions for the adoption of a new rule or amendment of an existing rule, the board encourages, but does not require, the submission of a verbatim text of the rule proposed for adoption or amendment, prepared in the form prescribed by Title 1 of the Louisiana Administrative Code and as otherwise prescribed by the Office of the State Register. A petition for rulemaking may also be accompanied by such other information and data, in written or graphic form, as the petitioner may deem relevant in support of the petition for rulemaking.

E. Submission and Filing. Two copies of a petition for rulemaking, together with all supporting exhibits, if any, shall be filed with the board by delivery or mailing thereof to the board's executive director at the offices of the board.

F. Nonconforming Petitions. The board may refuse to accept for filing, or may defer consideration of, any petition for rulemaking which does not conform to the requirements of this Section.

G. Public Record. A petition for rulemaking shall be deemed a public record.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XIX-2107

Promulgated by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Certified Public Accountants, LR 23:1127 (September 1997), amended LR 26:1990 (September 2000).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:952(2), 953.C, R.S. 37:71 et seq.