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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 17A.21A FEDERAL FUNDING AND
1 2 PROGRAM CHANGES.
1 3 1. In addition to the requirements of section 17A.4, if an
1 4 agency proposes to adopt or adopts a rule on or after the
1 5 effective date of this Act for purposes of conforming to a
1 6 change in federal funding or in program requirements enacted
1 7 or implemented by the federal government after September 30,
1 8 1994, the rule adoption documents shall include in a clearly
1 9 identified manner the following information:
1 10 a. The funding provision or program to be changed and a
1 11 description of the change.
1 12 b. A citation to and description of the federal and state
1 13 legal basis authorizing the agency to make the change.
1 14 c. The agency's reasons for changing the funding provision
1 15 or program in the manner proposed or adopted.
1 16 d. An explanation of the supporting arguments for the
1 17 proposed or adopted change.
1 18 e. An explanation of the likely impacts resulting from the
1 19 change.
1 20 f. An explanation of the likely or actual areas of public
1 21 comment.
1 22 g. An explanation of the potential effects of the proposed
1 23 change on other state and local policies.
1 24 h. An explanation of alternatives considered and reasons
1 25 the alternatives were rejected.
1 26 i. An explanation of the potential fiscal and policy
1 27 effects of the change upon federal, state, and local
1 28 governmental bodies.
1 29 j. A description of the fiscal impact of the change
1 30 segregated by funding source.
1 31 k. A description of the agency's activities to conform
1 32 with the requirements of 1996 Iowa Acts, House File LSB
1 33 3608HV, if enacted.
1 34 2. If a majority of the members of the administrative
1 35 rules review committee determines that a proposed or adopted
2 1 rule is subject to this section and the accompanying
2 2 documentation does not comply with the information
2 3 requirements of this section, the proposed rule shall not take
2 4 effect and the adopted rule shall be void until the required
2 5 information is supplied to the committee.
2 6 3. The legislative council may appoint advisory bodies
2 7 consisting of members of the general assembly with specialized
2 8 public policy knowledge to consider proposed and adopted rules
2 9 described by this section in order to make recommendations to
2 10 the administrative rules review committee concerning possible
2 11 actions by the rules committee regarding the rules. The
2 12 recommendations may include but are not limited to a
2 13 recommendation for a delay, objection to, or referral of a
2 14 rule under section 17A.4 or 17A.8. The legislative council
2 15 shall authorize meeting days for an advisory body. An
2 16 advisory body appointed under this subsection shall have the
2 17 powers of a standing legislative committee under section 2.15
2 18 except for introduction of bills and resolutions, and shall be
2 19 considered as authorized to conduct investigations. Staffing
2 20 for the advisory bodies shall be provided by the legislative
2 21 service bureau and the legislative fiscal bureau. A
2 22 legislative member of an advisory body is eligible for per
2 23 diem and expenses under section 2.10, payable as a joint
2 24 legislative expense pursuant to section 2.12.
2 25 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 26 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 27 EXPLANATION
2 28 This bill relates to state agency conformity with federal
2 29 funding changes.
2 30 The bill amends chapter 17A, the Iowa administrative
2 31 procedure Act, to apply certain requirements to an
2 32 administrative rule proposed or adopted by an agency on or
2 33 after the effective date of the bill for the purposes of
2 34 conforming to a change in federal funding or in program
2 35 requirements enacted or implemented after September 30, 1994.
3 1 Under the bill, the rule adoption documents for such a rule
3 2 must include certain specified information.
3 3 If a majority of the administrative rules review committee
3 4 determines that a proposed or adopted rule subject to the bill
3 5 does not comply with the information requirements, a proposed
3 6 rule shall not take effect and an adopted rule is void until
3 7 the required information is supplied to the committee.
3 8 The legislative council may appoint advisory bodies of
3 9 legislators with specialized public policy knowledge to
3 10 consider proposed and adopted administrative rules which are
3 11 subject to the bill. An advisory body is authorized to make
3 12 recommendations to the administrative rules review committee.
3 13 An advisory body has the powers of a standing committee of the
3 14 general assembly except for introduction of bills and
3 15 resolutions. Staffing is to be provided by the legislative
3 16 service and fiscal bureaus. Members are eligible for per diem
3 17 and expenses.
3 18 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
3 19 LSB 4258HC 76
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