17A.6A  Rulemaking internet site.
  1.  Subject to the direction of the administrative rules coordinator, each agency shall make available to the public a uniform, searchable, and user-friendly rules database, published on an internet site.
  2.  An agency’s rulemaking internet site shall also make available to the public all of the following:
  a.  A brief summary of the rulemaking process, including a description of any opportunity for public participation in the process.
  b.  Process forms for filing comments or complaints concerning proposed or adopted rules.
  c.  Process forms and instructions for filing a petition for rulemaking pursuant to section 17A.7, a petition for a declaratory order pursuant to section 17A.9, or a petition for a waiver or variance of an administrative rule pursuant to section 17A.9A.
  d.  Any other material prescribed by the administrative rules coordinator.
  3.  To the extent practicable, the administrative rules coordinator shall create a uniform format for rulemaking internet sites.
2012 Acts, ch 1138, §18; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §19
Subsection 2, paragraph c amended