Section 17-311-45 - Form of petition for declaratory ruling(a) Any person may petition the commissioner, or the commissioner may on his own motion initiate a proceeding, for a declaratory ruling as to the validity of any regulation, or the applicability to specified circumstances of a provision of the General Statutes, a regulation, or a final decision on a matter within the agency, provided that a petition to contest any regulation on the ground of non-compliance with the procedural requirements of Chapter 54 G.S. may only be filed within two years from the effective date of the regulation. Such petition shall be addressed to the commissioner and be sent by mail or delivered in person during normal business hours. Petitioner must file with the commissioner an original and five (5) copies of the petition.(b) If the commissioner determines that a declaratory ruling will not be rendered, the commissioner shall within sixty (60) days thereafter notify the person so inquiring that the petition has been denied and furnish a statement of the reasons on which the commissioner relied in so deciding.(c) A petition for declaratory ruling shall contain the following sections in the order indicated here:(1) A statement of the questions being presented for a ruling, expressed in the terms and circumstances of the specific request but without unnecessary detail. This statement shall indentify the statute, regulation or final decision which is the basis for the petition and shall identify the particular aspects thereof and special circumstances to which the question of validity or applicability is directed.(2) A statement of the facts material to the consideration of the questions presented.(3) A statement of the position of the practitioner with respect to the questions being presented.(4) An argument amplifying the reasons relied upon for the petitioner's position, including any appropriate legal citations, must be included with the petition or be in an attached brief.(5) A signature by the petitioner or legal representative, his address, telephone number and facsimile machine telephone number, if any, of the petitioner and legal representative, if applicable.(d) The date of filing of any petition shall be the date the petition is received by the commissioner in the form prescribed by this regulation. Only complete petitions filed in conformance with this section will be considered by the commissioner. Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17-311-45