Section Ret 205.03 - Conducting Public Hearing and Comments on Rulemaking(a) The board of trustees shall hold at least one public hearing on all proposed rules and shall afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to testify and to submit data, views, or arguments in writing or, if practicable for the agency, in electronic format. All materials submitted in writing shall be signed by the person who submits them.(b) Any materials in writing or in electronic format shall be submitted within 5 business days after the hearing, unless a shorter period is specified in the notice. If a shorter period is specified in the notice, the deadline for the submission of such materials shall not be earlier than the scheduled conclusion of the public hearing. If a hearing is continued or postponed, the period for the submission of materials in writing or in electronic format shall be extended unless the previously-established deadline meets the applicable requirement specified above.(c) Each hearing shall be attended by a quorum of the board of trustees.(d) To provide reasonable opportunity for public comment, the board of trustees may continue a public hearing past the scheduled time or to another date, or may extend the deadline for submission of written comment. If the agency continues the hearing or extends the deadline, it shall notify the public by any means it deems appropriate, including notice in the rulemaking register whenever practicable. (e) A public comment hearing may be postponed in the event of any of the following: (2) Illness or unavoidable absence of the official with rulemaking authority;(3) Lack of a quorum due to illness or unavoidable absence; or(4) A determination by the board of trustees that postponement of the public comment hearing shall facilitate greater participation by the public.(e) If a public comment hearing is postponed, the agency shall provide notice in the rulemaking register at least 5 days before such postponed public comment hearing, and may also provide notice by any other means it deems appropriate.N.H. Admin. Code § Ret 205.03
#5880, eff 8-19-94, EXPIRED: 8-19-00
New. #7374, INTERIM, eff 10-13-00, EXPIRES: 4-11-01; ss by #7477, eff 4-10-01; ss by #7572, eff 10-10-01
Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 06, Filed February 7, 2019, Proposed by #12709, Effective 1/9/2019.