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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 22.03.03.03" title_num="22" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="03" heading="Petition for Adoption of Regulations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An interested person may submit to the Board of Trustees a petition for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulation under this title. A copy of the petition shall also be filed with the Executive Director.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The petition shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be in writing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the interested person, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the interested person is an individual, the Social Security number of the interested person;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>State the regulation or amendment the petition proposes or refer to any existing regulation the petition seeks to have amended or repealed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Contain a brief statement of the reasons in support of the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Within 60 days after receipt of the petition, the Secretary to the Board of Trustees shall notify the petitioner in writing that the Board of Trustees:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Denied the petition, in whole or in part, stating the reasons for the denial; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Initiated appropriate procedures for adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation in accordance with the petition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>