House File 688 H-1207 Amend House File 688 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION I 3 RULEMAKING PROCEDURES AND RELATED MATTERS > 4 2. Page 1, by striking line 27 and inserting < components , 5 the judicial > 6 3. Page 4, by striking lines 17 through 20. 7 4. Page 4, by striking lines 30 through 35 and inserting: 8 < When an agency establishes the amount of a license fee, 9 application fee, or other fee, including any subsequent 10 increase or decrease in the amount, the amount shall be 11 specified in a notice of intended action and a rule adopted 12 by the agency. This section does not apply when the amount 13 of a fee is specifically established or described in the Iowa 14 Code, Iowa Acts, or Iowa court rules, or by federal law. This 15 section shall not be construed to authorize an agency to 16 establish a fee without statutory authority. > 17 5. Page 5, by striking lines 1 through 26. 18 6. Page 6, after line 2 by inserting: 19 < Sec. ___. Section 256.54, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 20 2023, is amended to read as follows: 21 b. Maintain, as an integral part of the law library, 22 reports of various boards and agencies, copies of bills, 23 journals, other information relating to current or proposed 24 legislation, and copies of the Iowa administrative bulletin 25 and Iowa administrative code and , consistent with section 26 17A.6, subsection 2, copies of any publications incorporated by 27 reference in the bulletin or code. 28 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 505.35 Adoption of standards by 29 reference —— rules. 30 Rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 17A 31 that adopt a standard by reference to another publication or 32 portion thereof are exempt from the requirements of section 33 17A.6, subsection 4, with respect to the following: 34 1. Professional standards of practice and membership 35 -1- HF 688.1690 (1) 90 je/rn 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6.

requirements established by the actuarial standards board, 1 the American academy of actuaries, the American institute of 2 certified public accountants, or their successor organizations. 3 2. The following publications of the national association 4 of insurance commissioners: 5 a. Valuation manual used to establish principle-based 6 reserves for the life insurance industry. 7 b. Accounting practices and procedures manual. 8 c. Financial examiners handbook. 9 d. Financial analysis handbook. 10 e. Annual/quarterly financial statement blank and 11 instructions. > 12 7. Page 6, line 3, before < Act > by inserting < division of 13 this > 14 8. Page 6, after line 4 by inserting: 15 < DIVISION ___ 16 AGENCY STATUTES AND RULES 17 Sec. ___. Section 7E.7, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended 18 by striking the subsection. 19 Sec. ___. Section 12.28, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 20 2023, is amended to read as follows: 21 b. “State agency” means a board, commission, bureau, 22 division, office, department, or branch of state government. 23 However, state agency does not mean the state board of regents, 24 institutions governed by the board of regents, or authorities 25 created under chapter 16 , 257C , or 261A . 26 Sec. ___. Section 12.30, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 27 2023, is amended to read as follows: 28 a. “Authority” means a department, or public or quasi-public 29 instrumentality of the state including but not limited to the 30 authority created under chapter 12E , 16 , 257C , or 261A , which 31 has the power to issue obligations, except that “authority” 32 does not include the state board of regents or the Iowa 33 finance authority to the extent the Iowa finance authority acts 34 pursuant to chapter 260C . “Authority” also includes a port 35 -2- HF 688.1690 (1) 90 je/rn 2/ 3 #7. #8.

authority created under chapter 28J . 1 Sec. ___. Section 15E.63, subsection 11, Code 2023, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 11. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 4 17A necessary to administer the duties of the board. The 5 department of revenue may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 6 related to the duties of the board or this chapter. 7 Sec. ___. REPEAL. Chapter 257C, Code 2023, is repealed. 8 Sec. ___. RESCISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES. 9 1. The following Iowa administrative rules are rescinded as 10 of July 1, 2023: 11 a. 285 Iowa administrative code, chapter 1. 12 b. 791 Iowa administrative code, chapter 1. 13 2. As soon as practicable after July 1, 2023, the Iowa 14 administrative code editor shall remove the language of the 15 Iowa administrative rules referenced in subsection 1 of this 16 section from the Iowa administrative code. > 17 9. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting < An 18 Act concerning the state rulemaking process, related matters 19 pertaining to agency functions, and including effective date > 20 10. By renumbering as necessary. 21 ______________________________ SEXTON of Calhoun -3- HF 688.1690 (1) 90 je/rn 3/ 3 #9. #10.