Any person with a bona fide interest in any state of facts or any rule or statute enforceable by this Board may by proper petition request a declaratory ruling from this Board upon such matter.
The Petition shall be typewritten, shall concisely state the matter upon which a declaratory ruling is sought, shall state why pciitioner seeks such ruling, and shall be vcriried by peutioner, authorized agent or attorney. Eight copies of petition shall be filed with the Banking Commissioner.
Petitioner may file a brief and if such is done it may be printed or typewritten, and eight copies shall be lodged with the Commissioner simultaneously with the filing of the petition.
If petitioner seeks a hearing before the Board, he shall so state in his petition, in which event the Board shall hear petitioner at a time and place to be determined by the Board within ninety days from the date of request giving petitioner ten days notice of the hearing date and place.
The Board shall render a written ruling upon tlie matter requested by petitioner within thirty days after a hearing, if such is held, or within sixty days after the filing of a petition, if no hearing is rquested.
Any ruling by the Board shall be binding upon the Board and upon the party requesting the ruling upon the state of facts set forth in the petition, but shall not be binding upon any other person.
A declaratory ruling of the Board shall be subject to review as provided by law.
W. Va. Code R. § 107-05-2