SECTION 765:3-1-5. Public hearing

(a)   Should proposed action on a rule possibly affect 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, 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 Commission. The Commission shall decide whether any substantive rights may be involved.

(b)   The Commission shall afford all interested persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing, to it concerning proposed action on a rule.