NAC233.270. Petition for adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of regulation: Filing and contents; action by Commission.

     1. Pursuant to NRS 233B.100, any interested person may petition the Commission for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of any regulation.

     2. A petition for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of a regulation must include:

     (a) The name and address of the petitioner;

     (b) The reason for petitioning for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of the regulation;

     (c) The proposed language of the regulation to be adopted, filed, amended or repealed;

     (d) The statutory authority for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of the regulation; and

     (e) Any relevant data, views and arguments that support the petition for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of the regulation.

     3. The Commission may refuse to act upon a petition for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of a regulation if the petition does not include the information required by subsection 2.

     4. The Commission will notify the petitioner in writing of the Commission’s decision regarding the petition within 30 days after the date on which the petitioner filed the petition. If the Commission approves a petition for the adoption, filing, amendment or repeal of a regulation, the Commission will initiate regulation-making proceedings concerning that regulation within 30 days after the date on which the petitioner filed the petition.

     (Added to NAC by Equal Rights Comm’n by R067-06, eff. 11-16-2006)