661—401.112 (17A,97A) Petitions for rule making. Any person or agency may file a petition for rule making with the secretary at the location specified in rule 661—400.6(97A). A petition is deemed filed when it is received by the secretary. The secretary shall provide the petitioner with a file-stamped copy of the petition if the petitioner provides the agency an extra copy for this purpose. The secretary shall transmit a copy of the petition to the agency rules administrator. The petition must be typewritten or legibly handwritten in ink and should substantially conform to the following form:

PUBLIC SAFETY PEACE OFFICERS’
RETIREMENT, ACCIDENT, AND DISABILITY SYSTEM	
Petition by (name of petitioner) for the
(adoption, amendment, or repeal) of rules
relating to (state subject matter).	}	PETITION FOR
RULE MAKING	
The petition must provide the following information:
	  1. 	 A statement of the specific rule-making action sought by the petitioner including the text or a summary of the contents of the proposed rule or amendment to a rule and, if it is a petition to amend or repeal a rule, a citation and the relevant language to the particular portion or portions of the rule proposed to be amended or repealed.
	  2. 	 A citation to any law deemed relevant to the board’s authority to take the action urged or to the desirability of that action.
	  3. 	 A brief summary of petitioner’s arguments in support of the action urged in the petition.
	  4. 	 A brief summary of any data supporting the action urged in the petition.
	  5. 	 The names and addresses of other persons, or a description of any class of persons, known by petitioner to be affected by or interested in the proposed action which is the subject of the petition.
	  6. 	 Any request by petitioner for a meeting provided for by subrule 401.112(5).
	 401.112(1) The petition must be dated and signed by the petitioner or the petitioner’s representative. It must also include the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the petitioner and petitioner’s representative, and a statement indicating the person to whom communications concerning the petition should be directed.
	 401.112(2) The board may deny a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form. However, the board may consider any petition received, regardless of errors or variations in form, provided that the content of the request for rule making is clear or has been clarified through communication with the petitioner. Denial of a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form does not preclude the filing of a new petition on the same subject that seeks to eliminate the grounds for the board’s rejection of the petition.
	 401.112(3) The petitioner may attach a brief to the petition in support of the action urged in the petition. The board may request a brief from the petitioner or from any other person concerning the substance of the petition.
	 401.112(4) Inquiries concerning the status of a petition for rule making may be made to the Agency Rules Administrator, Department of Public Safety, State Public Safety Headquarters Building, 215 East 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, or via electronic mail at admrule@dps.state.ia.us.
	 401.112(5) Upon request by petitioner in the petition, the chair of the board may schedule a brief and informal meeting between the petitioner and the board, a member of the board, the secretary, or other staff of the department to discuss the petition. Such meeting shall include the agency rules administrator of the department or another employee of the department knowledgeable about the administrative rule-making process who is jointly designated by the agency rules administrator and the director of the administrative services division of the department. The board may request the petitioner to submit additional information or argument concerning the petition. The board may also solicit comments from any person on the substance of the petition. Also, comments on the substance of the petition may be submitted to the board by any person.
	 401.112(6) Within 60 days after the filing of the petition, or within any longer period agreed to by the petitioner, the board shall, in writing, deny the petition and notify petitioner of its action and the specific grounds for the denial or grant the petition and notify petitioner that it will institute rule-making proceedings on the subject of the petition. Notice shall be sent by the secretary to the petitioner by regular mail. Petitioner shall be deemed notified of the denial or granting of the petition on the date when the secretary mails the required notification to the petitioner.
	 401.112(7) Inquiries concerning the status of a petition for rule making may be made to the Agency Rules Administrator, Department of Public Safety, State Public Safety Headquarters Building, 215 East 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, or by electronic mail to admrule@dps.state.ia.us.
[Editorial change: IAC Supplement 6/17/09]