Section Bfa 201.01 - Petition for Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of RulesAny New Hampshire citizen, who's interests may be legitimately impacted by authority actions, policies, or rules, may petition the authority to adopt, amend, or repeal rules in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) The petitioner shall submit in writing a detailed request for rulemaking setting forth the proposed language of any rule to be adopted, amended, or repealed, stating which rule or rules, if any, are proposed to be amended or repealed, and describing the reasons for the proposed change.(b) A petition for rulemaking shall be signed by the petitioner and shall contain the petitioner's address or an address to which correspondence may be sent.(c) In the event the executive director determines that a petition is incomplete, the executive director shall return the petition to the petitioner within 7 days with a statement indicating the nature of the deficiencies.(d) Petitions for rulemaking received at least 2 weeks prior to the next meeting of the directors shall be placed on the agenda for and considered at that meeting. Petitions received within 2 weeks of the next meeting of the directors shall be placed on the agenda if the directors will have adequate time to review the petition prior to the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all petitions for rulemaking received by the authority shall be considered at a meeting scheduled in order to comply with RSA 541-A:6.(e) Petitions for rulemaking that are presented to the directors shall either be denied, if in the judgment of the directors the petition for rulemaking does not propose rules that are necessary or desirable to achieve the purposes of the authority, or the directors shall initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with RSA 541-A:6.(f) If a petition for rulemaking is denied, the directors shall state the reasons, and the executive director shall provide the petitioner with a written statement of those reasons.(g) If the directors instruct the executive director to initiate rulemaking proceedings, the executive director shall so inform the petitioner in writing.(h) In any rulemaking proceeding commenced by the filing of a petition, the authority shall amend, revise, delete or add to the proposal of the petitioner whenever the directors determine such amendment, deletion or addition is necessary or desirable to achieve the purposes of the authority.N.H. Admin. Code § Bfa 201.01
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Bfa 100) #5719, eff 10-13-93