CHAPTER 2
FORMS
[Prior to 10/8/86, Commerce Commission[250]
199—2.1(17A,474)  Documents filed with the utilities board. Documents shall be filed with the board in compliance with the provisions of 199—Chapter 14. Documents filed with the board shall be double spaced, except that long quotations may be single spaced and indented. All documents, except exhibits, shall be formatted so as not to exceed 8½ inches by 11 inches in size with inside margins not less than 1 inch in width. Whenever practical, all exhibits of a documentary character should conform to the foregoing requirements of size and margin. Documents should contain the name and address of the filing party and, if the filing party is represented by an attorney, the name and office address of such attorney. The board may reject a document which does not substantially conform with the foregoing requirements, with a statement of reasons for such rejection. The board may, if it deems appropriate, prescribe different or additional requirements for documents to be filed in a particular proceeding.
[ARC 3644C, IAB 2/14/18, effective 3/21/18]
199—2.2(17A,474) Forms. The board has made available on its website, iub.iowa.gov, sample forms of documents routinely filed with the board for various purposes. Except to the extent expressly provided by statute or board rule, the use of any such form is not mandatory, and the forms are intended only as examples. To the extent that any statute or board rule prescribes the content of a document, that provision shall govern notwithstanding any sample form. Subject to any such content requirement established by statute or rule, the board may, if it deems appropriate, prescribe specific content requirements for documents to be filed in a particular proceeding.
[ARC 1623C, IAB 9/17/14, effective 10/22/14; ARC 3644C, IAB 2/14/18, effective 3/21/18]
199—2.3  Rescinded, effective 9/8/86.
199—2.4(17A,474) Forms. Rescinded ARC 3644C, IAB 2/14/18, effective 3/21/18.
These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code sections 474.1, 474.5, 474.6, 474.10, 476.6, 476.8 and 546.7.
[Filed 2/11/76, Notice 7/14/75—published 2/23/76, effective 3/29/76]
[Filed 8/28/81, Notice 7/8/81—published 9/16/81, effective 10/21/81]
[Filed 2/12/82, Notice 10/28/81—published 3/3/82, effective 4/7/82]
[Filed emergency 9/18/86—published 10/8/86, effective 9/18/86]
[Filed 1/6/89, Notice 7/27/88—published 1/25/89, effective 3/1/89]
[Filed 3/3/89, Notice 8/24/88—published 3/22/89, effective 4/26/89]
[Published 6/17/98 to correct board name]
[Filed 10/13/99, Notice 5/19/99—published 11/3/99, effective 12/8/99]
[Filed 10/12/00, Notice 8/23/00—published 11/1/00, effective 12/6/00]
[Filed 3/1/01, Notice 7/12/00—published 3/21/01, effective 4/25/01]
[Filed ARC 1623C (Notice ARC 1460C, IAB 5/14/14), IAB 9/17/14, effective 10/22/14]
[Filed ARC 3644C (Notice ARC 3417C, IAB 10/25/17), IAB 2/14/18, effective 3/21/18]