Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of a rule and may accompany his petition with data, views and arguments he thinks pertinent. Within thirty days after the submission of a petition, the agency either shall deny the petition in writing, stating its reasons for the denial, or shall initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with Section 4 [ 12-8-4 NMSA 1978] of the Administrative Procedures Act.
§ 12-8-7 NMSA 1978
Petitions for adoption, amendment or repeal of rules
Known as the Administrative Procedures Act
The act spans §§ 12–12 (20 sections).
1953 Comp., § 4-32-7, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 252, § 7.
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