- (a) Notice to other persons. The commissioner may give notice to any person that such a declaratory ruling has been requested and may receive and consider data, facts, arguments and opinions from persons other than the person requesting the ruling.
- (b) Provision for hearing. If the commissioner deems a hearing necessary or helpful in determining any issue concerning the request for a declaratory ruling, the commissioner shall schedule such hearing and give such notice thereof as shall be appropriate.
- (c) Decision on petition, ruling denied. If the commissioner determines that a declaratory ruling will not be rendered, the commissioner shall within ten (10) days thereafter notify the person so inquiring that the request has been denied and furnish a statement of the reasons on which the commissioner relied in so deciding.
- (d) Decision on petition, ruling granted. If the commissioner rendered a declaratory ruling, a copy of the ruling shall be sent to the person requesting it and to that person's attorney, if any, and to any other person who has filed a written request for a copy with the commissioner.
(Effective April 13, 1978)