At the June 27 meeting of the Administrative Rules Review Committee, a discussion about a specific incident with one agency included a discussion of Section 63-46a-12. This section of the rulemaking act addresses petitions for rulemaking. Subsection (4) imposes a 30-day response requirement on agencies (deny the petition or “initiate” rulemaking).
There was discussion about the meaning of the term “initiate” and the shortness of the 30-day period.
The Administrative Rules Review Committee has scheduled this issue for additional discussion at its next meeting (1st substantive item on the agenda). If you have received petitions in the past, you may want to send someone to this meeting.