Bill Text: IA SF2190 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act limiting the number of rules that can be included in the Iowa administrative code, providing for related duties of the department of management and other agencies, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2319.)

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF2190 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2190-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2190 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  WHITVER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act limiting the number of rules that can be included in
  2    the Iowa administrative code, providing for related duties
  3    of the department of management and other agencies, and
  4    including effective date provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  17A.24  Limitation of administrative
  1  2 code == implementation and report.
  1  3    1.  On and after January 1, 2019, the total number of
  1  4 rules included in the Iowa administrative code shall not
  1  5 exceed the total number of rules that were included in the
  1  6 Iowa administrative code as of July 1, 2018. On and after
  1  7 January 1, 2022, the total number of rules included in the Iowa
  1  8 administrative code shall not exceed sixty=six and two=thirds
  1  9 percent of the total number of rules that were included in the
  1 10 Iowa administrative code as of July 1, 2018. For purposes of
  1 11 this section, "rule" means a rule as described in the preface
  1 12 to the Iowa administrative bulletin and does not include an
  1 13 entry designated in the Iowa administrative code as reserved
  1 14 or rescinded.
  1 15    2.  The department of management, in consultation with
  1 16 the administrative rules coordinator, the administrative
  1 17 code editor, and the administrative rules review committee,
  1 18 shall establish and implement a process across all agencies
  1 19 to facilitate any rulemaking necessary to ensure ongoing
  1 20 compliance with subsection 1. As part of the process, the
  1 21 department may direct an agency to carry out such rulemaking
  1 22 as the department determines to be necessary to comply
  1 23 with subsection 1, after consultation with the agency.
  1 24 The department shall ensure that such compliance is not
  1 25 accomplished solely by combining rules or redesignating rules
  1 26 as subrules or other subunits of the Iowa administrative code.
  1 27 An agency shall comply with such a directive.
  1 28    3.  The department of management shall by January 5 of
  1 29 each year submit a report to the general assembly and the
  1 30 governor on the total number of rules included in the Iowa
  1 31 administrative code. The legislative services agency shall
  1 32 provide the department with information regarding the Iowa
  1 33 administrative code as necessary to facilitate the drafting of
  1 34 the report.
  1 35    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  2  1 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  4 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  5    This bill provides that the total number of rules included
  2  6 in the Iowa administrative code on and after January 1, 2019,
  2  7 shall not exceed the total number of rules that were included
  2  8 in the Iowa administrative code as of July 1, 2018. The bill
  2  9 provides that the total number of rules included in the Iowa
  2 10 administrative code on and after January 1, 2022, shall not
  2 11 exceed 66 and 2/3 percent of the total number of rules that
  2 12 were included in the Iowa administrative code as of July 1,
  2 13 2018.
  2 14    The bill requires the department of management, in
  2 15 consultation with the administrative rules coordinator, the
  2 16 administrative code editor, and the administrative rules
  2 17 review committee, to establish and implement a process
  2 18 across all agencies to facilitate any rulemaking necessary to
  2 19 ensure ongoing compliance with the limitations on the Iowa
  2 20 administrative code provided in the bill. The bill authorizes
  2 21 the department to direct an agency to carry out such rulemaking
  2 22 as the department determines to be necessary to comply with the
  2 23 limitations after consultation with the agency and requires
  2 24 that an agency comply with such a directive.
  2 25    The bill requires the department to ensure that compliance
  2 26 with a department directive is not accomplished solely by
  2 27 combining rules or redesignating rules as subrules or other
  2 28 subunits of the Iowa administrative code. The bill requires
  2 29 the department of management to submit a report to the general
  2 30 assembly and the governor on the total number of rules included
  2 31 in the Iowa administrative code each year by January 5. The
  2 32 bill requires the legislative services agency to provide the
  2 33 department with information regarding the Iowa administrative
  2 34 code as necessary to facilitate the drafting of the report.
  2 35    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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