SECTION 255:1-5-1. Public comment

  Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule, the Board shall afford any interested person a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments, oral or written, to the Board concerning the proposed action on the rule. Should the proposed action on a rule affect one's substantive rights, the opportunity for an oral hearing will be granted if requested in writing by at least twenty-five (25) persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association having not less than twenty-five (25) members. If no substantive rights are involved, the opportunity for oral arguments or views is in the discretion of the Board. The Board shall decide whether any substantive rights are involved.