(a) Not later than the 90th day after the postmark date of a state agency's mailed proposed rule submission or the date on which the division receives a state agency's hand delivered or emailed proposed rule submission, the division shall issue a determination letter approving or rejecting the proposed rule.
(b) The division shall include in the determination letter an explanation of the division's reasons for approving or rejecting the proposed rule, including a discussion of the division's determination regarding the consistency of the proposed rule with applicable state policy. If the division rejects a proposed rule, the division shall include in the determination letter instructions for revising the proposed rule to be consistent with applicable state policy. At its discretion, the division may provide either precise or general instructions for revising the proposed rule and must identify its instructions as such.
(c) The division shall send the determination letter to the state agency head, the presiding officer of the governing body of the state agency, and, if different from the state agency head or presiding officer, the agency staff or governing body member who submitted the proposed rule to the division, and shall make the determination letter available to the public on the division's website.
(d) A determination letter issued by the division is not subject to appeal.
(e) The division may issue an addendum to a determination letter approving or rejecting an amendment to the proposed rule provided to the division under §5.206(c) of this subchapter. In issuing an addendum, the division shall follow the procedures in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and must issue the addendum not later than the 30th day after the division's receipt of the amendment.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.209 adopted to be effective October 14, 2020, 45 TexReg 7237; amended to be effective October 28, 2021, 46 TexReg 7205