House File 645 H-1128 Amend House File 645 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, by striking lines 12 through 22 and inserting: 2 < NEW SUBSECTION . 5. A court, or a presiding officer in a 3 contested case or other administrative action subject to this 4 chapter, when interpreting a state statute or a rule or other 5 agency document subject to this chapter, shall not defer to 6 an agency’s interpretation of the statute, rule, or document, 7 and must instead interpret its meaning and effect de novo. 8 In an action brought by or against an agency, the court or 9 officer, after applying all customary tools of interpretation, 10 must exercise any remaining doubt in favor of a reasonable 11 interpretation that limits agency authority. This subsection 12 does not apply where a standard of review for an agency’s 13 interpretation of a state statute or a rule or other agency 14 document is otherwise prescribed by statute, or by a rule if an 15 agency is authorized by statute to adopt a rule regarding such 16 a standard of review. > 17 ______________________________ OLSON of Polk -1- HF 645.1183 (1) 90 je/rn 1/ 1 #1.