NAC527.550. Petition to adopt, amend or repeal regulation: Contents; notification of decision of State Forester.

     1. Any interested person may request that the State Forester adopt, amend or repeal a regulation by submitting a written petition to the Division on a form provided by the Division or in a format that is substantially similar to that form. The petition must include:

     (a) The name and mailing address of the petitioner;

     (b) The signature of the petitioner and the date the petition was signed;

     (c) A statement of the reasons for the proposed adoption, amendment or repeal of the regulation;

     (d) An estimate by the petitioner of the economic effect of the regulation to be adopted, amended or repealed on the general public and the business that it regulates or will regulate, including, without limitation, the adverse and beneficial effects, and the immediate and long-term effects;

     (e) An estimate by the petitioner of the cost to the Division for enforcement or implementation of the regulation to be adopted, amended or repealed;

     (f) A statement concerning the regulations of other federal, state and local governmental agencies that overlap or duplicate the regulation to be adopted, amended or repealed, including, without limitation, a specific reference to any such regulation;

     (g) A statement indicating whether the regulation to be adopted, amended or repealed establishes a new fee or increases, reduces or eliminates an existing fee; and

     (h) Any other relevant data, views and arguments in support of the petition.

     2. Within 30 days after a petition is submitted, the State Forester will:

     (a) Notify the petitioner in writing of his or her decision to deny the petition and the reasons for the denial; or

     (b) Initiate the adoption, amendment or repeal of the regulation in accordance with the procedures set forth in chapter 233B of NRS.

     (Added to NAC by St. Forester Firewarden by R056-01, eff. 11-1-2001)