Section 193.9.4. Board consideration.

         9.4(1) Upon request by petitioner in the petition, the board must schedule a brief and informal meeting between the petitioner and the board, a member of the board, or a member of the staff of the board, to discuss the petition. The board may request the petitioner to submit additional information or argument concerning the petition. The board may also solicit comments from any person on the substance of the petition. Also, comments on the substance of the petition may be submitted to the board by any person.

         9.4(2) Within 60 days after the filing of the petition, or within any longer period agreed to by the petitioner, the board must, in writing, deny the petition, and notify petitioner of its action and the specific grounds for the denial, or grant the petition and notify petitioner that it has instituted rule-making proceedings on the subject of the petition. Service of the written notice shall be sent to the e-mail address provided by the petitioner unless the petitioner specifically requests a mailed copy. Petitioner shall be deemed notified of the denial or granting of the petition on the date when the board e-mails or delivers the required notification to petitioner.

         9.4(3) Denial of a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form does not preclude the filing of a new petition on the same subject that seeks to eliminate the grounds for the board’s rejection of the petition.

[ ARC 2754C , IAB 10/12/16, effective 11/16/16]