2025 Session Last amended: 1995 session

§ 14.09 — Petition for Adoption of Rule

Plain-Language Summary

Any person can ask a state agency to create, change, or remove a rule by filing a petition. The petition must explain what action is wanted and why. The agency has 60 days to respond in writing with a detailed explanation of what it plans to do with the request.

14.09 PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF RULE.

Any person may petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule. The petition shall be specific as to what action is requested and the need for the action. Upon receiving a petition an agency shall have 60 days in which to make a specific and detailed reply in writing as to its planned disposition of the request and the reasons for its planned disposition of the request. If the agency states its intention to hold a public hearing on the subject of the request, it shall proceed according to sections 14.05 to 14.28. The chief administrative law judge shall prescribe by rule the form for all petitions under this section and may prescribe further procedures for their submission, consideration, and disposition.

History:

1945 c 452 s 3; 1957 c 806 s 5; 1975 c 380 s 6; 1981 c 253 s 21; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 10

**NOTE: **The Office of Administrative Hearings has been renamed the Court of Administrative Hearings. This terminology change will be implemented in the 2026 Statutes. Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 2, sections 17 and 68.

History: History: 1945 c 452 s 3; 1957 c 806 s 5; 1975 c 380 s 6; 1981 c 253 s 21; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 10

Practical Notes

This gives ordinary citizens the right to formally ask an agency to change its rules. The agency must respond within 60 days with a specific, detailed answer. The chief administrative law judge sets the form for these petitions. If the agency decides to hold a public hearing, it must follow the full rulemaking procedures.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes