Many of you have noticed that there doesn’t seem to be a form for rule amendment any more. If you look closely at the left-hand menu in eRules you seen entries for “Proposed Rule Types” or “Change in Proposed Rule (CPR)” or “Nonsubstantive Change” or something else. But nothing seems to cry out “HI, USE ME TO FILE AN AMENDMENT!”
Amendments, new rules, repeals of rules, and repeals and reenactments of rules are all different types of something called “proposed rules”. A proposed rule is a rulemaking actions that proposes to make some type of substantive change to an already existing rule (amendment, repeal, or repeal and reenact) or proposes to create a rule that has never existed before (new).
Because the questions asked for all proposed rules are exactly the same, eRules has one form, the proposed rule form, to accommodate the different types (new, amend, repeal, repeal and reenact). If you want to file and amendment to an existing rule, click on “Proposed Rule Types” in the left-hand menu. Scroll down the form to the box labeled “Notice Type”. You will see a drop-down list. Click the down-arrow and then select “Amendment”. Then continue to complete the form as you normally would.
Follow the same procedure for a New Rule, a Repeal, or a Repeal and Reenact.
As always, never hesitate to call the Division if you have any questions.