New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE; PETITION FOR RULEMAKING
Subchapter 3 - ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD UPON SHOWING OF SUFFICIENT PUBLIC INTEREST
Section 10:1-3.2 - Conducting of a public hearing
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) 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), may conduct a public hearing on a proposed rulemaking, at its discretion, without the need for a specific request or the demonstration of sufficient public interest.
(b) 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), shall conduct a public hearing on a proposed rulemaking at the request of a Legislative Committee, a State agency, or a county, local or municipal governmental entity, if such request is made to the Department within 30 days following publication of the proposed rulemaking, or if sufficient public interest is demonstrated.
(c) Sufficient public interest is demonstrated with regard to the conducting of a public hearing when the following occurs:
(d) The Department shall not consider, in the calculation of the number of comments received, those comments that relate to specific recommended changes in the rule that the Department has agreed to make or does not have the legal authority to make.