RSA 541-A:15: Publication of Rules.

I. The director of the division of administrative rules for the office of legislative services shall compile, index, and publish all effective rules adopted by each agency. The text of an effective adopted rule as filed with the director shall be the official version of the rule which the director shall publish online. The agency shall be notified when the text is published. The director shall send the agency a draft certified rule in an edited format as determined by the director within 180 days of filing the adoption of the rule. The agency shall have 60 days from receipt of the draft certified rule to certify that the rule is the same in substance as the adoption filed. If editorial changes not affecting the substance of the rule are needed, or an error in the publishing or editing process is identified, then the agency shall notify the director who shall make the necessary edits and the rule shall be certified by the agency that it is the same in substance as the adoption filed. If the agency does not notify the director within the 60-day time frame, then it will be presumed the agency has reviewed the edited language and agreed the draft certified rule be published online as the certified rule. The certified version of the rule shall then be the official version.

I-a. The 180 and 60-day deadlines in paragraph I shall not apply to interim rules or emergency rules. The director shall send a copy of each adopted rule as filed and as certified to the state library and the New Hampshire law library at the supreme court.

I-b. Compilations of certified rules shall be supplemented, revised, or published as often as necessary. The compilation, indexing, or publishing of fiscal impact statements shall not be required. The director of the division of administrative rules for the office of legislative services, in consultation with state agencies, may enter into a contract for the preparation and publishing of the compilation of agency rules or any portion of it, or may certify a commercially prepared version of the compilation. Any version or portion of the code published under this section shall conform to all requirements of this chapter.

II. The director of the division of administrative rules for the office of legislative services shall develop a publicly accessible electronic rules database.

III. The director of the office of administrative rules for the office of legislative services may omit from the compilation any rule the publication of which would be unduly cumbersome, expensive, or otherwise inexpedient, if the rule in printed or processed form is made available on application to the adopting agency, and if the compilation contains a notice stating the general subject matter of the omitted rule and stating how a copy thereof may be obtained.