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If a public hearing is to be held, such public hearing shall not be scheduled less than 20 days following publication of notice of the proposal in the Register of Regulations. If a public hearing will be held on the proposal, notice of the time, date, place and a summary of the nature of the proposal shall also be published in at least 2 Delaware newspapers of general circulation. The notice shall also be mailed to all persons who have made timely written requests of the agency for advance notice of its regulation-making proceedings.</p> <p>The opportunity for public comment shall be held open for a minimum of 30 days after the proposal is published in the Register of Regulations. At the conclusion of all hearings and after receipt, within the time allowed, of all written materials, upon all the testimonial and written evidence and information submitted, together with summaries of the evidence and information by subordinates, the agency shall determine whether a regulation should be adopted, amended or repealed and shall issue its conclusion in an order which shall include:</p> <ol> <li>A brief summary of the evidence and information submitted;</li> <li>A brief summary of its findings of fact with respect to the evidence and information, except where a rule of procedure is being adopted or amended;</li> <li>A decision to adopt, amend or repeal a regulation or to take no action and the decision shall be supported by its findings on the evidence and information received;</li> <li>The exact text and citation of such regulation adopted, amended or repealed;</li> <li>The effective date of the order;</li> <li>Any other findings or conclusions required by the law under which the agency has authority to act; and</li> <li>The signature of at least a quorum of the agency members.</li> </ol> <p>The effective date of an order which adopts, amends or repeals a regulation shall be not less than 10 days from the date the order adopting, amending or repealing a regulation has been published in its final form in the Register of Regulations, unless such adoption, amendment or repeal qualifies as an emergency under <a href="http://www.delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c101/sc02/index.shtml">29 Del.C. 搂10119</a>.</p> <p>Any person aggrieved by and claiming the unlawfulness of any regulation may bring an action in the Court for declaratory relief.</p> <p>No action of an agency with respect to the making or consideration of a proposed adoption, amendment or repeal of a regulation shall be subject to review until final agency action on the proposal has been taken.</p> <p>When any regulation is the subject of an enforcement action in the Court, the lawfulness of such regulation may be reviewed by the Court as a defense in the action.</p> <p>Except as provided in the preceding section, no judicial review of a regulation is available unless a complaint therefor is filed in the Court within 30 days of the day the agency order with respect to the regulation was published in the Register of Regulations.</p> <br /><br /> </div> </div>  <br />  <div id="agencyFooter"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"> <a href="/index.shtml"><img src="/agency/img/state_seal_big_inverse.png" alt="Great Seal of the State of Delaware" class="agencyFooter_logo center-block" /></a><br /><br /> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <p><a href="/about.shtml">Agency Information</a><br /> <a href="/contact.shtml">Contact Information</a><br /> <a href="/register/current_issue.shtml">Register of Regulations</a><br /> <a href="http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode">Administrative Code</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <p><a href="http://delcode.delaware.gov">Delaware Code</a><br /> <a href="http://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws">Laws of Delaware</a><br /> <a href="http://charters.delaware.gov/index.shtml">City & Town Charters</a><br /> <a href="http://legis.delaware.gov/">Delaware General Assembly </a> </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <p><a href="/style_manual.shtml">Style Manual</a><br /> <a href="/cumulative_table.shtml">Cumulative Table</a><br /> <a href="/citizen.shtml">Citizen Participation</a><br /> <a href="http://delaware.gov/help/foia_request.shtml" target="_blank">FOIA Request Form</a></p> </div> </div> </div><div class="pull-right"><a href="#" class="toggle-footer-btn">+</a></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <h1>Government and Services</h1> <hr /> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"> <p><a href="http://governor.delaware.gov" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://governor.delaware.gov'); 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