§ 4-22-2-26 — Public hearings

Indiana § 4-22-2-26

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 22: ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND PROCEDURES
• Ch. 2: Adoption of Administrative Rules

Text

(a) After the notices and the text of an
agency's proposed rule are published under sections 23 and (if
applicable) 24 of this chapter, the agency shall conduct a public
hearing on the proposed rule.
(b) The agency shall convene the public hearing on the date and at
the time and place stated in its notices and include an option for remote
attendance.
(c) The agency may conduct the public hearing in any informal
manner that allows for an orderly presentation of comments and avoids
undue repetition. However, the agency shall afford any person
attending the public hearing an adequate opportunity to comment on
the agency's proposed rule through the presentation of oral and written
facts or argument.
(d) The agency may recess the public hearing and reconvene it on
a different date or at a different time or place by:
(1) announcing the date, time, and place of the reconvened public
hearing in the original public hearing before its recess; and
(2) recording the announcement in the agency's record of the
public hearing.
(e) An agency that complies with subsection (d) is not required to
give any further notice of a public hearing that is to be reconvened.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.31-1985, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.249-2023, SEC.24.