Bill Text: IA SF391 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for decennial review of administrative rules by the general assembly and related procedures, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Subcommittee: Whiting, Brown, and T. Taylor. S.J. 453. [SF391 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF391-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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BY
WHITING
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
decennial
review
of
administrative
1
rules
by
the
general
assembly
and
related
procedures,
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
17A.24
Decennial
review
of
rules
by
1
general
assembly
——
procedures.
2
1.
Each
agency,
in
consultation
with
the
administrative
3
rules
coordinator,
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
general
4
assembly
no
later
than
January
1
each
year
commencing
in
2020
5
designating
no
less
than
ten
percent
of
rules
adopted
by
the
6
agency
and
in
effect
as
of
January
1
of
that
year
for
review
by
7
the
general
assembly.
The
agency
shall
make
such
designations
8
by
specific
citation
to
rules
in
the
Iowa
administrative
code.
9
The
agency
shall
not
designate
a
rule
that
has
been
subject
to
10
review
pursuant
to
this
section
in
the
previous
nine
years.
11
The
general
assembly
shall
publish
such
reports
on
the
general
12
assembly’s
internet
site.
13
2.
The
president
of
the
senate
and
the
speaker
of
the
house
14
of
representatives
shall
refer
reports
submitted
pursuant
to
15
subsection
1
to
the
appropriate
standing
committees
of
the
16
general
assembly
for
review.
A
standing
committee
may
sponsor
17
a
joint
resolution
pursuant
to
Article
III,
section
40
of
the
18
Iowa
Constitution
to
nullify
one
or
more
rules
designated
in
a
19
report
pursuant
to
subsection
1
reviewed
by
the
committee.
20
3.
If
the
general
assembly
nullifies
a
rule
designated
in
21
a
report
pursuant
to
subsection
1
in
the
year
in
which
it
was
22
designated
or
in
a
subsequent
year
to
which
review
is
deferred
23
pursuant
to
subsection
4,
the
agency
that
adopted
the
rule
24
shall
not
adopt
a
rule
in
the
same
or
a
substantially
similar
25
form
unless
the
rule
is
specifically
authorized
by
law.
26
4.
The
general
assembly
may
by
joint
resolution
defer
27
review
of
a
rule
designated
in
a
report
pursuant
to
subsection
28
1
until
the
next
regular
session
of
the
general
assembly.
29
Such
a
resolution
may
include
more
than
one
designated
rule
30
and
designated
rules
from
more
than
one
agency.
The
general
31
assembly
may
defer
review
of
a
designated
rule
multiple
times.
32
5.
The
legislative
services
agency
shall
provide
agencies
33
with
information
regarding
the
Iowa
administrative
code
as
34
necessary
to
facilitate
the
drafting
of
reports
pursuant
to
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subsection
1.
1
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
2
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
directs
each
executive
branch
agency,
in
7
consultation
with
the
administrative
rules
coordinator,
to
8
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
no
later
than
January
9
1
each
year
commencing
in
2020
designating
no
less
than
10
10
percent
of
the
rules
adopted
by
the
agency
and
in
effect
as
11
of
January
1
of
that
year
for
review
by
the
general
assembly.
12
Designated
rules
shall
not
include
rules
that
have
been
subject
13
to
review
pursuant
to
the
bill
in
the
previous
nine
years.
The
14
general
assembly
shall
publish
such
reports
on
the
general
15
assembly’s
internet
site.
16
The
bill
directs
the
president
of
the
senate
and
the
speaker
17
of
the
house
of
representatives
to
refer
reports
submitted
18
pursuant
to
the
bill
to
the
appropriate
standing
committees
19
of
the
general
assembly
for
review.
The
bill
authorizes
a
20
standing
committee
to
sponsor
a
joint
resolution
pursuant
to
21
Article
III,
section
40
of
the
Iowa
Constitution
to
nullify
one
22
or
more
rules
designated
in
a
report
reviewed
by
the
committee.
23
The
bill
prohibits
an
agency
from
adopting
a
rule
that
is
in
24
the
same
or
a
substantially
similar
form
as
a
designated
rule
25
that
is
nullified
in
the
year
in
which
it
was
designated
or
in
a
26
subsequent
year
to
which
review
is
deferred
unless
the
rule
is
27
specifically
authorized
by
law.
28
The
bill
authorizes
the
general
assembly
to
defer
review
of
29
a
designated
rule
until
the
next
regular
session
of
the
general
30
assembly
by
joint
resolution.
Such
a
resolution
may
include
31
more
than
one
designated
rule
and
designated
rules
from
more
32
than
one
agency.
The
general
assembly
may
defer
review
of
a
33
designated
rule
multiple
times.
34
The
bill
directs
the
legislative
services
agency
to
provide
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