1997 Minnesota Statutes

     14.101 Advice on possible rules. 

    Subdivision 1.    Required notice.  In addition to 
 seeking information by other methods designed to reach persons 
 or classes of persons who might be affected by the proposal, an 
 agency, at least 60 days before publication of a notice of 
 intent to adopt or a notice of hearing, shall solicit comments 
 from the public on the subject matter of a possible rulemaking 
 proposal under active consideration within the agency by causing 
 notice to be published in the State Register.  The notice must 
 include a description of the subject matter of the proposal, the 
 types of groups and individuals likely to be affected, and 
 indicate where, when, and how persons may comment on the 
 proposal and whether and how drafts of any proposal may be 
 obtained from the agency.  

    This notice must be published within 60 days of the 
 effective date of any new statutory grant of required rulemaking.

    Subd. 2.    Advisory committees.  Each agency may also 
 appoint committees to comment, before publication of a notice of 
 intent to adopt or a notice of hearing, on the subject matter of 
 a possible rulemaking under active consideration within the 
 agency.  The membership of those committees must be published at 
 least annually in the State Register. 

    Subd. 3.    Effect of good faith compliance.  If an 
 agency has made a good faith effort to comply with this section, 
 a rule may not be invalidated on the grounds that the contents 
 of this notice are insufficient or inaccurate. 

    HIST: 1995 c 233 art 2 s 11