Who may hold a public hearing, on what kind of matter, and does this provision make holding one compulsory?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
For this exercise, the practice file would hold the text of the draft law the agency is preparing, any notice the agency has published announcing a hearing, and the papers showing that the other provisions listed for cross-application were carried over to the hearing.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the first paragraph at its word: the actor is the administrative agency, the matter is a legislative bill, and the verb is permissive — the agency 'may hold' a hearing, so none arises unless the agency decides to convene it, and no outside party can force one under this text alone.
Another reading turns to the second paragraph, which directs that the other listed provisions of the Act on Administrative Procedure be applied by reference: those provisions are not restated here, so what notice, publication of opinions, or participation steps a hearing must carry is fixed outside this text and has to be read in the provisions it incorporates.
Your judgment
When does a draft fall within 'a legislative bill' rather than some other proposal, and what in the file would show which it is?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to make a hearing compulsory for certain legislative bills or to reach further matters, or if a court decision defines what counts as a legislative bill for this provision.