SECTION 1.60. Petition for Adoption of Rules

Any interested person may petition the board requesting the adoption of a rule as authorized by the Act, §11. Petitions shall be sent to the chief clerk. Petitions shall be deemed sufficient if they contain:

(1) the exact wording of the new, changed, or amended proposed rule with new language underlined and deleted language dashed out;

(2) specific reference to the existing rule which is proposed to be changed, amended, or repealed; and

(3) a justification for the proposed action set out in narrative form with sufficient particularity to inform the board and any other interested person of the reasons and arguments on which the petitioner is relying.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.60 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective July 13, 1984, 9 TexReg 3651.