The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
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RULEMAKING; PROCEDURES; GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 840)
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§ 840. Public hearing and comment
(a) The agency may hold one or more public hearings for each proposed rule. A public
hearing shall be scheduled if so requested by 25 persons, by a governmental subdivision
or agency, by the Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules, or by an association
having 25 or more members. The first hearing shall not be held sooner than 30 days
following the notice required by section 839 of this title.
(b) On request, the agency shall promptly provide a copy of a proposed or final proposed
rule. If the copy is mailed, it shall be sent not later than the end of the third
working day after the request is received. The agency may charge for copying costs
in the amount provided by law.
(c) An agency shall afford all persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, or
arguments, orally or in writing, at least through the seventh day following the last
public hearing.
(d) The agency shall consider fully all written and oral submissions concerning the proposed
rule and all submissions on separate requirements for small businesses. The agency
shall provide information to all individuals who submitted written or oral comment
on the procedure for adoption of rules and how to obtain changes in the proposed rule.
(e) If requested by an interested person at any time before 30 days after final adoption
of a rule, the adopting authority shall issue an explanation of the proposed rule.
The explanation shall include:
(1) a concise statement of the principal reasons for and against the adoption of the rule
in its final form; and
(2) an explanation of why the adopting authority overruled the arguments and considerations
against the rule. (Added 1981, No. 82, § 6; amended 1985, No. 56, § 4; 1999, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § F3.)