| (a) The Board encourages negotiated rulemaking whenever appropriate. Rulemaking may be negotiated informally, in the manner that has been established by this agency, or it may be negotiated formally, in accordance with the procedures established in the Texas Government Code, at Chapter 2008. (b) If the Assistant Commissioner whose Division has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the rule or rules to be adopted concludes that the agency may benefit from formal negotiated rulemaking, he or she shall request that the agency's ADR coordinator assist in determining whether it is advisable to proceed under the procedures established in Chapter 2008 of the Texas Government Code. If the ADR coordinator concludes that formal rulemaking is not advisable, the agency may nonetheless engage in informal negotiated rulemaking. |
