NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 5-03 — Procedures for Submitting Petitions; Responses to Petitions.

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(a) Any person may petition the Comptroller to consider the adoption of a rule. The petition must contain the following information: (1) The rule to be considered, with proposed language for adoption; (2) A statement of the Comptroller's authority to promulgate the rule and its purpose; (3) Petitioner's argument(s) i

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§ 5-03 Procedures for Submitting Petitions; Responses to Petitions.

RCNY § 5-03

(a)Any person may petition the Comptroller to consider the adoption of a rule. The petition must contain the following information: (1) The rule to be considered, with proposed language for adoption; (2) A statement of the Comptroller's authority to promulgate the rule and its purpose; (3) Petitioner's argument(s) in support of adoption of the rule; (4) The period of time the rule should be in effect; (5) The name, address and telephone number of the petitioner or his or her authorized representative; (6) The signature of petitioner or his or her representative.

(b)Any change in the information provided pursuant 44 RCNY § 5-03(a)(5) must be communicated promptly in writing to the Comptroller.

(c)All petitions should be typewritten, if possible, but handwritten petitions will be accepted, provided they are legible.

(d)The petition shall be filed in duplicate on plain white paper.

(e)Petitions shall be mailed or delivered to the agency's Deputy General Counsel, Sue Ellen Dodell, at 1 Centre Street, Room 518, New York, NY 10007.

(f)Upon receipt of a petition submitted in the proper form, the Deputy General Counsel will stamp the petition with the date it was received and will assign the petition a number.

(g)Within sixty days from the date the petition was received by the Comptroller, the Comptroller shall either deny such petition in a written statement containing the reasons for denial, or shall state in writing the Comptroller's intention to grant the petition and to initiate rulemaking by a specified date. In proceeding with such rulemaking, the Comptroller shall not be bound by the language proposed by petitioner, but may amend or modify such proposed language at the Comptroller's discretion. The Comptroller's decision to grant or deny a petition is final. (Renumbered City Record 6/29/2018, eff. 7/29/2018)

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