Cite as: 1 CNCA § 309

A. At the time it adopts a rule, an agency shall issue a concise explanatory statement containing:

1. its reasons for adopting the rule, which shall include an explanation of the principal reasons for and against its adoption, and its reasons for overruling substantial arguments and considerations made in oral testimony and comments; and

2. the reasons for any change between the text of the proposed rule contained in the published notice of proposed rule adoption and the text of the rule as finally adopted.

B. Only the reasons contained in the concise explanatory statement required by subsection (A) may be used by any party as justifications for the adoption of the rule in any proceeding in which its validity is at issue.

Historical Data

LA 13–07, eff. March 19, 2007.