N.J. Admin. Code § 2:1-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 2:1-3.5 - Department rulemaking calendar

(a) In compliance with the New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Office of Administrative Law Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C. 1:30, the Department shall publish a quarterly rulemaking calendar in the New Jersey Register setting forth a schedule of the Department's anticipated rulemaking proposal activities for the next six months. The calendars shall be published in the first New Jersey Register for the months of January, April, July and October. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to rulemakings where one of the exceptions exist, as set forth in 1:30-3.3.

(b) The rulemaking calendar shall include:

1. The name of the Department;

2. The name of the Commissioner, as agency head;

3. Specific citation to the rules to be affected;

4. Citation to the legal authority authorizing the rulemaking action;

5. A synopsis of the rulemaking and its objective or purpose; and

6. The month and year in which publication of the notice of proposal in the New Jersey Register is anticipated.

(c) Calendar amendments and exceptions shall be handled by the Department in accord with the New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq. and the Office of Administrative Law Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C. 1:30.

(d) The Department rulemaking calendar, as filed with the Office of Administrative Law, as with notices of rule proposals in accord with 2:1-3.2(a)3, shall be posted and made available electronically on the Department's web site.

(e) The additional method of publicity with regard to availability of the Department's rulemaking calendar shall be by providing notice of the rulemaking calendar, as posted and made available electronically on the Department's web site, to the major news media maintaining a press office in the State House Complex.

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:1-3.5

New Rule, R.2002 d.158, effective 5/20/2002.
See: 34 N.J.R. 3(a), 34 N.J.R. 1853(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 2:1-3.5, Instructions for departmental forms on file, recodified to N.J.A.C. 2:1-3.11.
Amended by R.2006 d.379, effective 11/6/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 1896(b), 38 N.J.R. 4687(a).
In (a), inserted the last sentence.