(a) In conducting a review of a proposed rule, the division shall solicit and consider written public comments from identified persons submitted to the division before the deadline provided on the division's website.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the division shall accept and consider public comments submitted to the division on or before the 30th day after the date that the rule submission memorandum for the proposed rule is made available to the public on the division's website.
(c) At the request of a state agency in a rule submission memorandum, and upon the state agency's showing of an extraordinary circumstance or a need for the state agency to meet a statutory or administrative deadline, the division may provide for a shorter public comment period of not less than 10 days on a proposed rule in order for the division to conduct an expedited review of the proposed rule.
(d) The division may, but is not required to, consider public comments regarding a proposed rule received by the division outside of the public comment period provided by the division under subsection (b) or (c) of this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.208 adopted to be effective October 14, 2020, 45 TexReg 7237