Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, the agency shall afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, and arguments, orally or in writing. In case of substantive rules, opportunity for oral hearings shall be granted if requested by 25 persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency or by an association having not less than 25 members. The agency shall consider fully all written and oral submissions respecting the pro-posed rule.
History: 1969, PL 11-55.