Bill Text: IA HF1 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an organized system of reviews and ongoing repeal dates for programs and projects administered by executive branch departments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 54-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - NOBA: House Full Approps [HF1 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF1-Introduced.html

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House File 1 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  UPMEYER, JONES,
                                     HANUSA, WINDSCHITL,
                                     DEYOE, PETTENGILL,
                                     KAUFMANN, HOLZ,
                                     McKEAN, NUNN, BERGAN,
                                     HOLT, BAXTER, HAGER,
                                     KLEIN, GRASSLEY,
                                     HAGENOW,
                                     VANDER LINDEN,
                                     HIGHFILL, SALMON,
                                     WATTS, BAUDLER,
                                     SEXTON, SHEETS,
                                     GASSMAN, HEATON, MOHR,
                                     LANDON, KOESTER,
                                     WILLS, COWNIE,
                                     GUSTAFSON, PAUSTIAN,
                                     CARLIN, KERR,
                                     BLOOMINGDALE,
                                     LUNDGREN, ZUMBACH,
                                     BALTIMORE, RIZER,
                                     HINSON, MOORE,
                                     CARLSON, MOMMSEN,
                                     WORTHAN, BEST, ROGERS,
                                     HEIN, WHEELER,
                                     HEARTSILL, DOLECHECK,
                                     SIECK, FISHER, and
                                     HUSEMAN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing an organized system of reviews and ongoing
  2    repeal dates for programs and projects administered by
  3    executive branch departments.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1986YH (5) 87
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  8.71  Ongoing program review ====
  1  2 repeal dates.
  1  3    1.  The general assembly finds that a regular review of
  1  4 the programs and projects administered by state government is
  1  5 necessary to determine whether each program and project is
  1  6 effectively and efficiently meeting the needs for which created
  1  7 and whether the needs remain applicable. The general assembly
  1  8 further finds that a regular, systematic review process can
  1  9 identify the programs and projects that are no longer relevant
  1 10 or functioning at a desirable level and can eliminate or
  1 11 reorganize those programs and projects so that state resources
  1 12 can be used most effectively or diverted to other priorities.
  1 13    2.  The committees on state government of the senate
  1 14 and house of representatives shall propose legislation for
  1 15 consideration by the eighty=seventh general assembly, 2018
  1 16 session, providing a staggered schedule for establishing an
  1 17 automatic repeal date for each program or project administered
  1 18 by a department of state government over the succeeding
  1 19 five=year period. The committees on state government shall
  1 20 consult with the office of the governor and the department
  1 21 of management in formulating the staggered schedule and the
  1 22 office and department shall cooperate in providing necessary
  1 23 information requested by either committee. The repeal date
  1 24 provisions shall be implemented in a manner so that any program
  1 25 or project that is reauthorized by law is again subject to
  1 26 automatic repeal five years after reauthorization.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 30    This bill addresses regular review of programs and projects
  1 31 administered by executive branch departments by providing for
  1 32 implementation of an organized system of ongoing repeal dates
  1 33 for the programs and projects.  Code section 8.2 defines the
  1 34 term "department" to mean any executive department, commission,
  1 35 board, institution, bureau, office, or other agency of the
  2  1 state government, that uses, expends, or receives any state
  2  2 funds.
  2  3    New Code section 8.71 states legislative findings as to
  2  4 the purposes for performing a regular review of programs
  2  5 and projects.  The committees on state government of the
  2  6 senate and house of representatives are directed to propose
  2  7 legislation for the eighty=seventh general assembly, 2018
  2  8 session, providing a staggered schedule for establishing an
  2  9 automatic repeal date for each program or project administered
  2 10 by a department over the succeeding five=year period. The
  2 11 committees on state government are required to consult with
  2 12 the office of the governor and the department of management
  2 13 in formulating the staggered schedule and the office and the
  2 14 department are required to cooperate in providing information
  2 15 requested by either committee. The repeal date provisions are
  2 16 required to be implemented in a manner so that any program
  2 17 or project that is reauthorized by law is again subject to
  2 18 automatic repeal five years after reauthorization.
       LSB 1986YH (5) 87
       ec/nh