1. For any proposed rules that affect small business, the agency shall also submit a small business statement to the board after a public hearing is held. This section shall not apply to emergency rules. The small business statement required by this section shall provide the following information:

(1) A description of how the opinions or comments from affected small businesses were solicited;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 536.303

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) A summary of the public and small business comments;

(3) A summary of the agency’s response to those comments; and

(4) The number of persons who attended the public hearing, testified at the hearing, and submitted written comments.

2. If a request to change the proposed rule was made at the hearing in a way that affected small business, a statement of the reasons for adopting the proposed rule without the requested change shall be included in the small business statement.

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