Sec.19a-401-18. Procedure after request filed

(a) Notice to other persons. Within 30 days after receipt of a request for a declaratory ruling, the Commission shall give notice of the request to all persons to whom notice is required by any provision of law and to all persons who have requested notice of declaratory ruling requests on the subject matter of the request, as required by section 4-176 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(b) Provision for hearing. If the Commission deems a hearing necessary or helpful in determining any issue concerning the request for an declaratory ruling, the Commission shall schedule such hearing and give such notice thereof as shall be appropriate.

(c) Decision on Request. Within 60 days after receipt of a request for a declaratory ruling, the commission shall: (1) issue a ruling declaring the validity of a regulation or the applicability of the provision of the General Statutes, the regulation, or the final decision in question to the specified circumstances; (2) order the matter set for specified proceedings; (3) agree to issue a declaratory ruling by a specified date; (4) decide not to issue a declaratory ruling and initiate regulation-making proceedings, under section 4-168 of the Connecticut General Statutes, on the subject; or (5) decide not to issue a declaratory ruling, stating the reasons for its action. If the commission does not isssue a declaratory ruling within one hundred eighty days after filing of a request or within such longer period as may be agreed by the parties, the commission shall be deemed to have decided not to issue such ruling.

(d) Notice of decision. A copy of all rulings issued and any actions taken under subsection (c) of this section shall be promptly delivered to the petitioner and other parties personally or by United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested.

(Effective June 23, 1986; Amended September 3, 1998; Amended February 2, 2004)