191—4.18 (17A) Petition for rule making.
	   4.18(1) Any person or agency may file a petition for rule making with the insurance division at the address disclosed in rule 191—1.2(502,505). A petition is deemed filed when it is received. The division must provide petitioner with a file-stamped copy of the petition if petitioner provides the division an extra copy for this purpose. The petition must be typewritten or legibly handwritten in ink and must substantially conform to the following form:
BEFORE THE INSURANCE DIVISION OF THE STATE OF IOWA	
Petition by (Name of Petitioner)
for the (adoption, amendment, or repeal)
of rules relating to (state subject matter).	}	PETITION FOR
RULE MAKING	
	   4.18(2) The petition shall provide the following information:
	      a.    	 A statement of the specific rule-making action sought by 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to amend or repeal a rule, a citation to the particular portion or portions of the rule proposed to be amended or repealed.
	      b.    	 A citation to any law deemed relevant to the insurance division’s authority to take the action urged or to the desirability of that action.
	      c.    	 A brief summary of petitioner’s arguments in support of the action urged in the petition.
	      d.    	 A brief summary of any data supporting the action urged in the petition.
	      e.    	 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.
	      f.    	 Any request by petitioner for a meeting provided for by subrule 4.18(7).
	   4.18(3) The petition must be dated and signed by petitioner or petitioner’s representative. It must also include the name, mailing address, and telephone number of petitioner and petitioner’s representative, and a statement indicating the person to whom communications concerning the petition should be directed.
	   4.18(4) The insurance division may deny a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form.
	   4.18(5) Petitioner may submit a brief in support of the action urged in the petition. The insurance division may request a brief from petitioner or from any other person concerning the substance of the petition.
	   4.18(6) Inquiries concerning the status of a rule-making petition may be made to the insurance division at the address disclosed in rule 191—1.2(502,505).
	   4.18(7) Within 14 days after the filing of a petition, the insurance division must submit a copy of the petition and any accompanying brief to the administrative rules coordinator and to the administrative rules review committee. Upon request by petitioner in the petition, the division must schedule a brief and informal meeting between the petitioner and the division or a member of the division staff, to discuss the petition. The division may request petitioner to submit additional information or argument concerning the petition.
	   4.18(8) Within 60 days after filing the petition, or within any longer period agreed to by petitioner, the insurance division must, 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 has instituted rule-making proceedings on the subject of the petition. Petitioner shall be deemed notified of the denial or grant of the petition on the date when the agency mails or delivers the required notification to petitioner.
	   4.18(9) 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 insurance division’s rejection of the petition.