An agency shall publish a notice of a public hearing on the agency's intent to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule, in at least three newspapers of general circulation in different parts of the state. The provisions of chapter 17-2 do not apply to notices required by this section. An agency shall provide the notice of a public hearing, or the notice of intent to adopt an emergency rule and a copy of the emergency rule, to each person who has made a timely request of the agency for advance notice of its rule-making proceedings. A notice of hearing or a notice of intent to adopt emergency rules must provide:

1. (1) A narrative description of the effect of the proposed rule;
2. (2) The reasons for adopting the proposed rule;
3. (3) Where and when the hearing will be held;
4. (4) How amendments, data, opinions, and arguments may be presented;
5. (5) The deadline to submit written comments; and
6. (6) How the public may obtain copies of the proposed rule.

Source: SL 1972, ch 8 , § 6; SL 1975, ch 16 , § 13; SL 1976, ch 15 , § 2; SL 1977, ch 13 , § 5; SL 1978, ch 13 , § 2; SL 1984, ch 9 , § 1; SL 1986, ch 20 , § 2; SL 2009, ch 9 , § 3; SL 2017, ch 7 , § 3; SL 2025, ch 9 , § 7.